Incorporation of Patent Law into Part Four of the Russian Civil Code – A Structural Analysis

For many years I had friendly relations with Joseph Straus literally from door to door, based, in particular, on a permanent common interest in the development of intellectual property law in Central, Eastern, and South East Europe. To the latter countries, Joseph Straus has well known and special biographically backed personal and scientific bonds. Consequently it may be of interest for him to learn more about the recent evolution of IP legislation in post-socialist Russia, characterized by the codification of the whole field of intellectual property within Part Four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, a keen and partly questionable endeavour indeed. Prominently it also concerns patent law as a part of IP law, a field of law to which Joseph Straus has contributed much.