Commercial secrecy and confidentiality regimes in Russian law: article co-authored by Luiza Movsisyan for The Company Lawyer

KK&P Trial Lawyers Senior Associate Luiza Movsisyan co-authored an article with Dmitry Vlasov entitled Commercial secrecy and confidentiality regimes in Russian law – a test-drive by the High Court in the AutoStore v Ocado robots war patent dispute – which has been published in The Company Lawyer.

The article considers the Russian law regulation of the duty of confidentiality that can be imposed either by creating commercial secrecy regime under the Law on Commercial Secrecy or by entering into an NDA having the necessary essential terms under the Russian Civil Code, and how trade-secret/know-how fits into this rubric.

The authors also discuss whether email confidentiality disclaimer can create a duty of confidence.

The legal issues discussed in the article have played a key part in AutoStore v Ocado, one of the largest patent disputes in the UK in recent years (according to The Lawyer). Previously, thanks to an expert report and testimony by Maxim Kulkov, Ocado proved the patent infringement claim to be unsubstantiated.

Read the full article: https://kkplaw.ru/files/Vlasov_Movsisyan_2024_45_Company_Lawyer_Issue_7_Offprint.pdf

This material was first published by Thomson Reuters, trading as Sweet & Maxwell, 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ, in The Company Lawyer 45 (2024), Issue 7 and is reproduced by agreement with the publishers. For further details, please see the publishers’ website.