February 8 Main results of the day

The Moscow City Court put an end to the dispute between the heirs of the author of the performance and one of the leading Russian theaters. In the course of the dispute, lawyers of the Bureau of Lawyers “De jure” managed to prove that the disputed results of intellectual activity are service works (i.e., created by an employee in the course of performing work duties), which means that the rights to them belong to the employer, i.e. theater, not to the heirs. The satisfaction of all the requirements of the heirs was denied in full. The Principal’s interests were represented by Nikita Filippov, Head of the Bureau of Lawyers “De jure”.

The Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal agreed with the legal position of the Bureau of Lawyers “De jure” and denied the procedural opponents to satisfy their complaint. As a result, the decision to recover a penalty in the amount of more than 250 thousand rubles in favor of the Principal came into force. The Defendant complained to the court, pointing out that the limitation period had been missed, and also believing that the Principal’s claim was filed under a different transaction than that considered in the present case. But in court, all these arguments were found baseless; a fair measure of property liability was applied to the violator for late fulfillment of obligations under the contract. The interests of the Principal were represented by Irina Novikova, senior lawyer of the Bureau of Lawyers “De jure”.