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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of the Russian Federation (2008) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Federal Law No. 422-FZ of December 8, 2011, Amending Certain Laws of the Russian Federation Following the Establishment of the System of Arbitration Courts for Intellectual Property Rights (2011) Federal Law No. 316-FZ of December 30, 2008 on Patent Attorneys (as last amended on July 11, 2011) (2011) Civil Code of the Russian Federation (as last amended on December 8, 2011) (2011) Federal Law No. 284-FZ of December 25, 2008 on the Transfer of Rights to Unified Technologies (2008) Federal Law No. 231-FZ of December 18, 2006 on Putting into Force Part IV of the Russian Civil Code (as last amended by Federal Law No. 296-FZ of December 30, 2008) (2008) Federal Law No. 98-FZ of July 29, 2004 on Trade Secrets (2004) Law of the USSR No. 2328 of July 10, 1991 on Industrial Designs (Extract) (1991) Law of the USSR No. 2213-I of May 31, 1991 on Inventions in the USSR (Extract) (1991) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Civil Procedural Code of the Russian Federation No. 138-FZ of November 14, 2002 (as last amended on February 6, 2012) (2012) Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation No. 195-FZ of December 30, 2001 (as last amended on April 2, 2012) (2012) Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation No. 174-FZ of December 18, 2001 (as last amended on March 1, 2012) (2012) Tax Code of the Russian Federation (as last amended on March 30, 2012) (2012) Federal Law No. 149-FZ of December 17, 1997 on Seed Culturing (as last amended by Federal Law No. 248-FZ of July 19, 2011) (2012) Federal Constitutional Law No. 1-FKZ of December 31, 1996 on the Judicial System of the Russian Federation (as last amended on December 6, 2011) (2012) Criminal Code of the Russian Federation No. 63-FZ of June 13, 1996 (as last amended on March 1, 2012) (2012) Federal Law No. 311-FZ of November 27, 2010 on Customs Regulation in the Russian Federation (as last amended on December 6, 2011) (2011) Federal Law No. 135-FZ of July 26, 2006 on the Protection of Competition (as last amended on December 6, 2011) (2011) Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation No. 95-FZ of July 24, 2002 (as last amended on December 8, 2011) (2011) Law No. 5485-1 of July 21, 1993 on State Secrets (as last amended by the Federal Law No. 309-FZ of November 8, 2011) (2011) Customs Code of Customs Union (Appendix to the Treaty on the Customs Code of the Customs Union Adopted by Resolution No. 17 of November 27, 2009 of the Interstate Council of the Eurasia Economic Community) (2010) Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 57-FZ of April 29, 2008 on Procedures for Foreign Investments in the Business Entities of Strategic Importance for Russian National Defense and State Security (2008)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Statute of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) (approved by Order of No. 218 of March 21, 2012 of the Government of the Russian Federation) (2012) Decree No. 218 of March 21, 2012 of the Russian Federation Government on the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) (2012) Order No. 218 of March 21, 2012 of the Government of the Russian Federation on the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) (2012) Decree No. 183 of March 3, 2012 of the Government of the Russian Federation, Amending the Decision No. 1020 of December 24, 2008 of the Government of the Russian Federation (2012) Decree No.673 of May 24, 2011 of the President of the Russian Federation on the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) (as last amended in May 21, 2012) (2012) Decree No. 781 of September 15, 2011, Amending the Regulation on Patent Fees and Other Types of Fees Related to Patents, Industrial Designs, Utility Models and the Registration of Trademarks, Service Marks as well as the Assignment of Exclusive Rights to Appellations of Origin (2011) Decree No. 730 of September 5, 2011 of the Government of the Russian Federation, Amending Certain Decrees of the Russian Federation Government pursuant to the Decree No. 673 of May 24, 2011 of the President of the Russian Federation on the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (2011) Decree No. 379 of May 18, 2011 of the Russian Federation, Ratifying the Agreement on Unified Regulation on Principles of Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property (2011) Order No. 368 of October 5, 2009 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Approving the Administrative Regulations to Govern the Performance by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of Its Functions to Certify, Register and Grant Registration Certificates to Patent Attorneys (2009) Decree No. 735 of September 14, 2009 the Government of the Russian Federation, Approving the Regulations on Patent Fees and Other Fees for the Performance of Legally Significant Acts, Pertaining to a Patent for a Selection Achievement, and to the State Registration of the Transfer of the Exclusive Right for a Selection Achievement to Other Persons and Agreements on the Disposal of this Right (2009) Order No. 169 of September 9, 2009 of the Federal Service for Law Enforcement in the Field of the Protection of Cultural Heritage Approving Reporting Forms for Accredited Collective Rights Management Organization (2009) Decree No. 384 of April 30, 2009 of the Government of the Russian Federation, Approving the Rules on State Registration of Agreements Assigning the Exclusive Rights to Plant Varieties and Transfer of Exclusive Rights without Agreement (2009) Decree No. 342 of April 22, 2009 of the Government of the Russian Federation, on Certain Questions Relating to the Exclusive Rights to the Results of Scientific and Technological Activities (2009) Decree No. 992 of December 29, 2007 of Government of the Russian Federation, Approving the Regulation on State Accreditation of the Organizations Exercising Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights (as last amended on March 10, 2009) (2009) Decree No. 1020 of December 24, 2008 of the Government of the Russian Federation on the State Registration of Assignment Agreements of Exclusive Rights to Inventions, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Topologies of Integrated Circuits, Computer Programs, and Databases; and of Non-Contractual Transfers of the Exclusive Rights to Inventions, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Trademarks, Service Marks, Appellations of Origin, Topology of Integrated Microcircuits, Computer programs, and Databases (2008) Decree No. 941 of December 10, 2008 of the Government of the Russian Federation, Approving the Regulations on Patent and Other Fees for the Performance of Legally Significant Acts, Connected to Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, the State Registration of Trademarks and Service Marks, State Registration and the Grant of an Exclusive Right in a Appellation of Origin, and also to the State Registration of the Transfer of Exclusive Rights to Other Persons and Agreements on the Disposal of these Rights (2008) Order No. 321 of October 29, 2008 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Approving the Administrative Regulation to Govern the Performance by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of Its Functions to State-Register Agreements on Disposal of Rights to Inventions, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Trademarks, Service Marks, Protected Computer Programs, Databases, and Integrated Circuit Layouts, as well as Franchising Agreements for Intellectual Property Assets Protected in Accordance with the Patent Legislation of the Russian Federation (2008) Order No. 322 of October 29, 2008 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Approving Administrative Regulations to Govern the Performance by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of Its Functions to Extend accordance with Established Procedure the Period of Validity of a Patent for an Invention relating to Assets, for the Use of which the Permission of an Appropriate, Authorized Authority is Required under the Laws of the Russian Federation, the Period of Validity of a Patent for an Industrial Design, a Certificate (Patent) for a Utility Model, Registration Certificate of a Trademark or Service Mark, Certificate of the Right to Use an Appellation of Origin, and Restoration of the Validity of a Patent for an Invention, Utility Model or Industrial Design Previously Terminated due to Non-Payment of Maintenance Fees within the Prescribed Time Limit (2008) Order No. 323 of October 29, 2008 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Approving the Administrative Regulations to Govern the Performance by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of its Functions to Process and Examine Applications for the Registration of Topographies of Integrated Circuits as well as to Grant of Certificates of State Registration of Topographies of Integrated Circuits in accordance with Established Procedure (2008) Order No. 324 of October 29, 2008 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, Approving the Administrative Regulations to Govern the Performance by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of its State Functions to Organize the Receipt of Applications for State Registration of Computer Software and Databases, Examination thereof and Grant of Certificates of State Registration of Computer Software or Databases in accordance with Established Procedure (2008) Order No. 325 of October 29, 2008 the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Approving the Administrative Regulations to Govern the Performance by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of its Functions to Process and Examine Applications for the Registration of Industrial Designs in accordance with Established Procedure (2008) Order No. 326 of October 29, 2008 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Approving the Administrative Regulations to Govern the Performance by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (ROSPATENT) of its Functions to Process and Examine Applications for Registration of Utility Models, and to Grant Utility Model Patents in accordance with Internal Procedural Rules (2008) Order No. 327 of October 29, 2008 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Approving the Administrative Regulations to Govern the Performance by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of Its Functions to Process and Examine Patent Applications and to Grant Patents in Accordance with the Established Procedural Rules (2008) Order No. 328 of October 29, 2008 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Approving the Administrative Regulations to Govern the Performance by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of Its Functions to Process and Examine Applications for Registration of Appellations of Origin and to Grant Certificates in Accordance with the Procedural Rules (2008) Order No. 92 of November 21, 2008 of the Federal Service for Law Enforcement in the Field of the Protection of Cultural Heritage Approving the Regulation on Accredited Commission (2008) Resolution No. 285 of April 19, 2008 of the Government of the Russian Federation, Approving the Rules for Payment of Remuneration to Authors for Public Resale of Literary, Artistic, and Musical Works (2008) Order No. 30 of February 28, 2008 of the Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation on the Model Charter of the Accredited Collective Management Societies (Registered under No. 11240 of February 28, 2008 by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation) (2008) Resolution No. 988 of December 29, 2007 of the Government of the Russian Federation, Approving Rules on Collection, Distribution of Payments of Remuneration to Performers and Producers of Phonograms for Use of Phonograms Released for Commercial Purposes (2007) Order No. 346 of December 12, 2007 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia Approving the Administrative Regulations to Govern the Performance by the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of Its Functions to Maintain Registers of Registered Intellectual Property Subject Matter, and the Publication of Information on Registered Intellectual Property Subject Matter, Filed Applications and Relevant Patents and Certificates Granted on the Validity, Termination and Restoration of the Validity of Legal Protection in Relation to Intellectual Property Subject Matter, Transfer of Rights, and on Official Registration of Intellectual Property Subject Matter (2007) Decree No. 218 of March 21, 1994 on Minimum Renumeration Rates for Authors of Literary and Artistic Works (2007) Order No. 313 of December 13, 2006 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Approving the Administrative Regulation on Monitoring and the Legal Protection and the Use by the Russian Agency for Patents and Trademarks of the Results of Scientific and Technological Works for Commercial Purposes Funded by the Federal Budget (Registered under No. 8805 of January 19, 2007 by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation) (2006) Decree No. 982 of September 2, 1999 of the Government of the Russian Federation, on the Use of Results of Scientific and Technological Activities (as last amended on November 17, 2005) (2005) Order No. 56 of April 22, 2003 of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (ROSPATENT) on Rules for Filing and Examination of Oppositions against Applications by the Chamber of Patent Disputes (as last amended on October 10, 2012) (2003) Order No. 32 of March 5, 2003 of the Russian Agency for Patents and Trademarks (ROSPATENT) Approving Rules on the Drafting, Filing and Examination of Applications for the Registration of Trademarks and Service Marks (2003) Ordinance No. 1607-r of November 30, 2001 of the Government of the Russian Federation on Fundamental Objectives of the State Policy for the Use of Scientific and Technical Achievements in Commercial Industry (2001) Decree No. 1471 of December 5, 1998 on Measures to Enforce the Rights of Authors of Works and Performers and Producers of Phonograms to Remuneration for the Reproduction for Personal Use of Audiovisual Works or Sound Recordings (1998) Decree No. 524 of May 29, 1998 of the Government of the Russian Federation, on the Minimum Remuneration Rates for Authors of Cinematographic Works Created before August 3, 1992 (1998) Decree No. 614 of May 17, 1996 of the Government of the Russian Federation on Remuneration Rates for Performers (1996) Decree No. 1224 of November 3, 1994 of the Government of the Russian Federation on the Accession of the Russian Federation to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, as revised in 1971, the Universal Copyright Convention, as revised in 1971, and Annexed Protocols 1 and 2 and the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms 1971 (1994) Order No. 18 of May 11, 1994 of the Committee of the Russian Federation for Patents and Trademarks, Approving the Explanatory Note 1 Concerning the Procedure for the Payment of Remunerations to Right Holders of Inventions and Industrial Designs for Use by Means of the Sale of Licences Abroad (Registered under No. 573 of May 20, 1994 by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation) (1994) Decree No. 1607 of October 7, 1993 of the President of the Russian Federation on State Policy in the Field of Protection of Copyright and Related Rights (1993) Decree No. 648 of July 12, 1993 on Procedures for the Use of Inventions and Industrial Designs Protected in the Russian Federation and on Payment of Remuneration to Right Holders (1993)

IP Legal Literature	Patent System in Russia (2010) National Strategy of Biodiversity Conservation (1998)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (December 18, 2009) Patent Law Treaty (August 12, 2009) WIPO Copyright Treaty (February 5, 2009) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (February 5, 2009) Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (May 26, 2003) Trademark Law Treaty (May 11, 1998) Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (June 10, 1997) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (March 13, 1995) Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (March 13, 1995) Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Program-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite (January 20, 1989) Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (April 17, 1986) Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (April 22, 1981) Patent Cooperation Treaty (March 29, 1978) Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (October 3, 1976) Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (July 1, 1976) Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (December 15, 1972) Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (July 26, 1971) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (April 26, 1970) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (July 1, 1965) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem ... United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property ... United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (October 25, 2012) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (August 22, 2012) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (August 22, 2012) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (November 15, 2011) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (September 1, 2008) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) London Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (August 4, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (April 24, 1998) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (April 11, 1997) Helsinki Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (October 6, 1996) Protocol 1 annexed for Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of Stateless persons and refugees (December 9, 1995) Protocol 2 annexed for Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of certain international organizations (December 9, 1995) Convention on Biological Diversity (July 4, 1995) Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific or Cultural Materials (April 7, 1995) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 28, 1995) Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (March 9, 1995) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (October 7, 1994) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (September 1, 1991) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (March 29, 1990) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (March 29, 1990) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (January 12, 1989) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (July 28, 1988) International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (April 28, 1986) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (January 3, 1976) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (May 27, 1973) Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States (August 20, 1972) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (April 4, 1957) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (April 4, 1957) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (November 10, 1954) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (November 10, 1954) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (November 10, 1954) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement on Unified Principles of Regulation in the Spheres of Intellectual Property Rights Protection (January 1, 2012) Agreement on Mutual Preservation of Inter-State Secrets in the Area of Legal Protection of Inventions (January 3, 2006) Agreement on the Producing of a Regional Informational Patent Publication on CD-ROM (May 22, 2001) Agreement on Measures for the Prevention and Repression of the Use of False Trademarks and Geographical Indications (June 4, 1999) Agreement on Cooperation in the Repression of Offenses in the Field of Intellectual Property (January 19, 1999) Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPO) (September 27, 1995) Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights (May 6, 1995) Agreement concerning the Measures of Protection of Industrial Property and Establishing the Interstate Council for the Industrial Property (March 12, 1993) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Free Trade Agreement between Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic ... Agreement on the Establishment of the Common Economic Zone (May 20, 2004) Treaty on the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Community (June 5, 2002) Agreement on Customs Union and Common Economic Zone (July 2, 2001) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Russian Federation on Mutual Protection of Intellectual Activity (June 26, 2008) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Government of the Russian Federation on Mutual Protection of Rights of Intellectual Property used and received in the Course of Bilateral Military-Technical Cooperation (November 28, 2007) Agreement between the Government of the Argentine Republic and the Russian Federation for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (November 20, 2000) Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Cooperation in the Field of Industrial Property (July 27, 1995) Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement between Switzerland and the Russian Federation (July 1, 1995) Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of Russian Federation on Cooperation in the Field of Industrial Property Protection (June 30, 1993) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Russian Federation on Free Trade (March 25, 1993) Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (June 27, 1991)

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