The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation has drafted a bill according to which importers of products subject to mandatory labelling will be criminally liable for importing falsified goods into the country.
This initiative is a way to furthermore strengthen the already rapidly developing legal protection of intellectual property by continuously expanding the list of goods subject to mandatory labelling in Russia. The ultimate goal is to establish comprehensive control of goods produced in the country as well as imported from abroad to minimize the quantity of fake products. At the moment, alcohol, tobacco, certain types of medical goods and bio supplements, dairy products, tires, and a number of other categories of goods are subject to labelling.
Liability for the illegal importation of such goods into the territory of the Russian Federation has yet not been put in place. This approach efficiently excludes the possibility of bringing unscrupulous importers of unlabeled goods to criminal liability,
— explains the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The proposed amendments are also explained by the statistics of the Federal Customs Service. To showcase more clearly, from the beginning of 2020 to April 2024, approximately 105M units of unlabeled goods were withdrawn from the circulation.
The lawyers of TKM International Consulting (https://tkm-ic.com/) regularly defend the rights holders in court, bringing infringers to justice and achieving financial compensation for the damage caused to the brand! TKM is firm in the fact that that the proposed amendments will definitely benefit IP rights protection as well as consumer safety.
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