Konstantin Pilkov
Law governing evidentiary matters in arbitration
The "evidence law" in arbitration consists of the following blocks: basic principles related to evidence and proof established in the arbitration laws of the country of the seat of arbitration (lex loci arbitri); transnational public policy; fundamental principles of law, which may be regarded as international public policy of a particular country; lex arbitri and lex causae; and the laws, which has the closest connection to the evidence. (The article is available in Russian only)
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Sale of Corporate Rights to Non-Resident: Tax Risks for Issuer
Tax authorities try to shift the tax burden to a Ukrainian issuer and hold him responsible. In order to do this they wrongly identify a sale of corporate rights with a participants’ leaving the private company. (The article is available in Russian only)
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Elena Zaitseva
Intellectual property: the 2015 outcome (perceived and actual)
Throughout 2015, at official meetings, forums and hearings there have been repeated calls for reforming the intellectual property law. But in sum we have only dubious draft laws. (The article is available in Russian only)
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Dmytro Symanov
Changes in Technical Regulation System (Standardization and Certification)
In case of the technical regulation system, all steps taken toward enhancing it may significantly help Ukrainian business.(The article is available in Russian only)
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Protection of entrepreneurs’ rights: whose situation is more complex?
In relations entrepreneur-consumer each party considers itself aggrieved. So who is right? (The article is available in Russian only)
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Plagiarism or appropriation in visual world: fine line
Despite all efforts and detailed legal definitions, it is often not an easy process to distinguish plagiarism from appropriation (The article is available in Russian only)
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