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... 1970s-early 1980s all remember the first thing we were taught in school about capitalism: При капитализме человек человеку волк or in capitalist’s West “man is to man a wolf” or what they say here: “Dog eat Dog.” Russia’s Communist Party officially named as “Communist Party of the Russian Federation” learned that principle hard way from what should be their ideological allies: another communist party, namely the party Communists of Russia. In a nutshell,...

... "Can't you see I wanna be famous, a star on the screen But you can do something in between" Baby you can drive my car Yes I'm gonna be a star The Beatles, Drive My Car The first reaction: Really? Did the Court really conclude Russian consumers do not recognize the Ford brand? Yes and no. Yes, Russia's IP Court agreed with Rospatent, the nation’s Patent and Trademark Office, who refused Ford the status of a well-known mark. The October 30, 2014 decision (in Russian) can ...

... The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which was a controversial US bill to expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to combat online copyright infringement and online trafficking in counterfeit goods, the bill which did not make it into law. For non-Russian readers, “zh*pa,” which also means a part of a human anatomy, can be loosely translated as an apocalypse or effectively an end (here, to a free ride). Illegal download and view of free copyrighted content on the internet must stop under Russian ...