Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe and regional conventions on human rights protection, as well as the discussion about the need for Russia to withdraw from the WTO does not affect the implementation of universal agreements in the field of protection and observance of human rights,...

“Some people see things as they are and ask 'why'? Others dream things that never were and say 'why not'?” This famous sentence from G. B. Shaw describes the aim of this work accurately. The many failures in the establishment of a European patent system should not discourage the legislator...

The quest for technological leadership has caused the widespread use of intellectual property protection (IPP) as an instrument of national technology policies. Even the Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) can be interpreted as an attempt to hinder the international...