Unofficial translation
Director General
World Intellectual Property
Organization
(WIPO)
Mr. Franсis Gurry
Dear Mr. Gurry,
The Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) highly appreciates
the cooperation between Rospatent and WIPO and is honored to inform you that in
accordance with Clause 8, Part 1 of the Article 17 of the Federal Law “On
Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation Regarding
Emergency Prevention and Relief”, the Government of the Russian Federation
decided that the time limits for the applicant, right holder and any other person to
take actions, including those related to the payment of patent and other fees required
for the federal executive body for intellectual property to take legally significant
actions, provided for by Paragraph 3 of the Article 1246 of the Civil Code of the
Russian Federation, expiring from March 30, 2020, to November 30, 2020, shall be
extended until December 31, 2020, upon the request of the indicated persons
submitted to the federal executive body for intellectual property within a period that
does not exceed one month from the date of expiration of the relevant time period
or from the date on which this decree will enter into force, whichever is later.
We would kindly ask you to assist in informing foreign applicants on this issue
and in publishing the abovementioned information on the official website of the
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
We are looking forward to further fruitful cooperation.
Sincerely yours,
G. Ivliev
Head of Rospatent