The news intrigued the mainstream press (see, for example, theindependent.co.uk; dailymail.co.uk; mirror.co.uk; thesun.co.uk) and intellectual property blogs (not. worldipreview.com). A Russian court has refused to hear the copyright owner “Peppa Pig”, a British company because the United Kingdom is participating in the sanctions against Russia. This decision seems to indicate a desire on the part of Russia to exclude a category of foreign parties from its judicial system. As to intellectual property, such a decision amounts to authorizing counterfeiting.
From a legal point of view, this discrimination constitutes a failure of the Russian State, constituting an overwhelming denial of justice. In doing so, Russia violates many international conventions and treaties relating to intellectual property and investments. In this regard, it is worth recalling that Russia has withdrawn from the Council of Europe. These circumstances necessarily call on the owners of intellectual property rights (or, more generally, the parties) to turn to other forums.
