Kalikova & Associates takes part in “Anti-Counterfeiting 2017” forum

Kalikova & Associates lawyers took part in the 5th “Anti-Counterfeiting 2017” international forum, which was held in Bishkek from September 14 to 16, 2017.

The event was organized by the Eurasian Economic Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the International Association “Anti-Counterfeiting”, and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The forum "Anti-Counterfeiting" is an international event that is held within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). The forum is held on an annual basis from 2012 and is considered as a discussion platform, where representatives of ministries and government agencies of the EEU member states, as well as leading international experts, representatives of the scientific community and the members of the society, have an opportunity to discuss the problems of protecting markets from illegal trade of counterfeit goods and ensuring protection of intellectual property rights, as well as to develop solutions to the problems.

Kalikova & Associates Senior Lawyer Aleksei Vandaev took part in the session “Antimonopoly Control in Cross-border Markets: Unfair Competition” and made a presentation on “Practical Aspects of Suppression of Unfair Competition in the Kyrgyz Republic”.