The interpretation of the rules on related rights in the ruling of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of April 23, 2019

Acts of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation have a significant impact on the development of intellectual property law. This impact can be both positive and negative. On April 23, 2019, the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation adopted a scale Ruling on the application of the part four of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. The purpose of this article: to analyze the provisions on related rights established in this Ruling. We believe that the interpretation of the rules on related rights undertaken in the Ruling of the Plenum of the Supreme Court was carried out at a low level, contains a number of conceptual and logical errors. Some provisions of the Ruling are generally not an interpretation or explanation, but a retelling of the rules of the law.