Judicial protection of exclusive rights to utility models and inventions

The article analyzes the peculiarities of court cases related to the protection of the rights of paten t holders for useful models and inventions. The author compares the ways of protecting the rights of patent holders in terms of the prospect of their proof, considers the situation of refusals refusing to submit documents for forensic examination in the absence of the plaintiff’s opportunity to receive them from other sources. Proceeding from the position of the courts, the conclusion is made about the overcoming of difficulties in the process of proof connected with the refusal or evasion of the defendant from presenting the documents necessary for judicial examination.