While giving speech in Veliky Novgorod at the meeting of Regional Office of Association of Lawyers of Russia, Association's Chairperson and Chairman of the RF State Duma Committee on civil, criminal, arbitral and procedural legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov gave the highest priority to projected law “On Alteration of Federal Constitutional Laws “On the Judicial System of the Russian Federation” and “On Arbitration Courts in the Russian Federation.”

This projected law concerns establishment of patent court for resolution of disputes in sphere of intellectual rights protection. Increase of disputes, concerning intellectual rights, calls for establishment of specialized professional arbitration court that will resolute disputes justly according to not only legal viewpoint, but also with account of aspects of certain right that is being protected. However, resolving such disputes is impossible without special knowledge that cannot be compensated for by an expertize, because, in intellectual rights cases, expertize itself needs to be scrutinized.

Establishment of such court will ameliorate system of intellectual rights protection in the Russian Federation with consideration for international standards,” said Pavel Krasheninnikov. “Projected law provides for establishment of Court for Intellectual Rights Protection in the System of the Supreme Arbitration Court of Russian Federation, and defines its competence and order of establishment. It is provided, that the court is a special arbitration court for resolving disputes, connected with intellectual rights protection, as a court of primary jurisdiction and appellate court. The cases will be reviewed by the court regardless of whether involved in dispute are corporate entities, individual entrepreneurs or other organizations and citizens,” explained Pavel Krasheninnikov. Court for Intellectual Rights Protection will include over 30 judges.

Requirements are set for judge's age, record of service, as well as assignment procedures, set for judges of federal arbitration courts of districts. For purposes of studying certain issues, emerging during hearing of certain cases in the competence of specialized arbitration court, provided in its administration is the establishment of group of counselors, qualified in accordance with court's specialization,” said Pavel Krasheninnikov. “Nowadays, work results of people of science, art, design compose considerable, if not major part of product's cost. And value of trademarks, brands and other means of individualization reaches astronomic sums of money. New objects of intellectual activities keep appearing, as well as new means of their use, that, obviously require protection, including judicial protection. That is why establishment of Court for Intellectual Rights Protection is a necessary condition for innovative development of our Economy.” stated Pavel Krasheninnikov.