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Lessons of Economic Crisis as a Catalyst of Legal Problems

	Dmitri Dubograev Femida.us Managing partner
1. Principal conflicts and ramifications for sloppiness in contract negotiations (big price for small mistakes). 2. Most common mistakes of software companies during contract drafting (examples based on licensing and corporate transactions). 3. Where and how to use legal professional assistance and where self-help is justified.
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Topic language	Russian
Duration	20 min.
Start time	15:00 - 15:20
Location	Hall 8

Me and My Patent Lawyer

	George S. Bardmesser Femida.us Patent attorney
What working with a patent attorney means There is a mistaken belief that getting patents, while useful and necessary, is a time consuming and difficult task for inventors and clients. Nothing can be further from the truth! The process is painless, and full of pleasant surprises! This talk will address how clients interact with their patent attorneys, and what is required from the client to make the patenting process easy, headache-free and effective.
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Topic language	Russian
Duration	20 min.
Start time	15:30 - 15:50
Location	Hall 8

5 things you need to know to protect your Intellectual Property (IP), while not spending much money. IP in the time of crisis

	Maxim A. Voltchenko, Esq., Duane Morris LLP attorney
1. Intellectual Property: what patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets protect. 2. Protecting your product name (brand). Domain name registration may not be enough. But do you really need a trademark registration? Is it enough simply to “Google” your brand (trademark) to check its availability? 3. Website: content and source code. Copyright Law Basics: what is protected by copyright and what is not. Case study: Analysis of a real-life case when one real estate company copied the website of another real estate company (competitor) that has proprietary search capabilities and other features. 4. Work for hire agreements: the trap for the unwary and other Copyright formalities: notice, registration (optional in the U.S. but highly recommended). 5. Infringement (unauthorized copying of the website content). Fair Use issues: legalized plagiarism?
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Topic language	Russian
Duration	20 min.
Start time	16:00 - 16:20
Location	Hall 8

Software programs owners, rights and legal risks regarding the Intellectual Property Rights of

	Alexandre KOLOSOVSKI Femida.us Partner, Paris
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Topic language	Russian
Duration	20 min.
Start time	16:30 - 16:50
Location	Hall 8

Contesting legality of Ministry of Finance letters regarding application of VAT to software licenses

	Vyacheslav Vitko CJSC "Managing company IT' Head of legal department
1. Russian Ministry of Finance stated in some of its letters that the VAT exemption does not apply to sale of software copies. Practical ramifications of this position for software companies 2. Contesting legality of Ministry of Finance letters in the Supreme Arbitrage (Commercial) Court. 3. Should the VAT exemption apply to sale of software copies? 4. Conclusion
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Topic language	Russian
Duration	20 min.
Start time	17:30 - 17:50
Location	Hall 8

Tax issues in software business

	Tatiana Vasilieva Goltsblat BLP Head of Tax Group
1. Application of VAT exemption in Russia: software license and sublicense agreements. 1.1. Provision of updates and upgrades, technical support, software development, sale of copies of software -special issues 1.2 Position of tax authorities 1.3. Risks 2. How do new tax rules on insurance payments effective from 01 January 2010 affect software companies? 3. License payments to "tough jurisdictions" (i.e. Australia).
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Topic language	Russian
Duration	20 min.
Start time	18:00 - 18:20
Location	Hall 8

Intellectual property in software business. How to make your business risk-free. Practical guidelines

	Igor Motsnyi Goltsblat BLP Head of group, trade mark attorney
Intellectual Property and software business 1. Software business: development and distribution - Goals - Means - Potential problems: competitors, partners, employees, contractors 2. How to protect your business? -Copyright -Know-how -Trademarks -Patents 3. Copyright. How to protect your source code? - Typical mistakes - Risks - How to avoid 4. Registration of computers programs with Russian IP Office 5. How to protect yourself from your own employees? 6. How to protect your know-how? 7. Brand protection = trademark registration 8. Conclusion and recommendations
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Topic language	Russian
Duration	20 min.
Start time	18:30 - 18:50
Location	Hall 8