INSOR hosted a roundtable looking at ways to increase and enforce state management of intellectual property rights and their uses. This discussion was led by State Duma Deputy Ilya Ponomarev. The forum’s attendees included many influential Russian business leaders whose collaboration will help the state fully address this pressing issue.
Discussion participants included: Senior lawyer from Baker & McKenzie, M. Divina; Ernst & Young partner V. Balashov; representatives from Mannheimer Swartling; Rosinfokominvest General Director G. Bunatjan; Cognitive Technologies President O. Uskova; and officials from Gazprom Media, Energoprom, and Luksoft, among others.