Alexander Nazarov, Author at Kluwer Competition Law Blog

Intellectual property (IP), Parallel imports, Russia

Parallel imports in Russia: expected changes in regulation and practice in the light of a breakthrough decision of the Constitutional Court

Vassily Rudomino, Alla Azmukhanova, Alexander Nazarov (ALRUD)/February 4, 2019February 4, 2019 /Leave a comment

Exhaustion doctrine and parallel imports Parallel imports, Intellectual Property (“IP”) protection and its correlation with antimonopoly regulation is one of the most discussed topicsin the Russian Federation for the past 15 years. In general, the issue of parallel imports is closely associated with the exhaustion doctrine (that is, once a product protected by IP has…

Foreign investment, Mergers, Russia

Multidirectional trends in the Russian strategic legislation: toughening the regulation while attracting investment

Vassily Rudomino, Ruslana Karimova, Alexander Nazarov (ALRUD)/October 9, 2018October 9, 2018 /Leave a comment

M&A and other transactions involving foreign companies might sometimes raise national security concerns in specific areas of the economy such as military, dual use, advanced technology, etc. To mitigate those concerns, national governments dealing with a great number of transactions used to establish the strategic investment regimes. In many jurisdictions, strategic investment regime requires either…

Mergers, Pharmaceuticals, Russia

Bayer/Monsanto Transaction: Brand New Approach of FAS Russia to Merger Control

Vassily Rudomino, Ksenia Tarkhova, Alexander Nazarov (ALRUD)/July 11, 2018August 27, 2018 /Leave a comment

Throughout the last year, the topics of globalization in the markets and digitalization of economy were extensively discussed within the governmental authorities and business community in Russia. One of the major concerns of the authorities and business community was development of competition in “digital era”. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (‘FAS Russia’) has found its pivotal…