A few days ago, Deputy Alexander Khinshtein proposed to oblige large IT companies to open their representative offices in Russia. Now this bill concerning foreign companies with a daily audience of 500 thousand Russian users has been officially submitted to the State Duma. The preliminary review date is June 1.Khinstein told Interfax about this today.

Apple‘s lawyers have asked the court to dismiss one of the ten main points in the Epic Games lawsuit. In it, the authors of Fortnite claim that the promotion of the game on iOS is necessary for effective business development.

After the scandalous release of Cyberpunk 2077, several law firms filed class-action lawsuits against CD Projekt on behalf of disgruntled investors. Now four of them have been combined into one. Its amount is still unknown.CD Projekt announced the court’s decision in a new report on its official website.

The VERSUS.legal law firm continues a series of articles on jurisdictions for doing business. She examines the conditions for opening and operating a company in the most popular regions and tries to answer frequently asked questions about relocation. This time we are talking about the state of Delaware.

Litigation with Apple does not prevent Epic Games from suing other companies. She accused the manufacturer of AR-glasses Nreal of violating the trademark “UNREAL”. They say that the name of the company is too similar to the name of the Unreal Engine, and this can confuse consumers.

This article is the first of a series of reviews of jurisdictions for doing business from the VERSUS.legal law firm. It deals with the conditions for opening and doing business in Cyprus, the country that first comes to mind for Russian businessmen who think “where can I open a company outside the CIS?“.

A lot of large companies are unhappy that their internal information is leaking to the network because of the proceedings between Epic Games and Apple. Among them: Nintendo, Roblox, Spotify, Sony, PayPal, Samsung, as well as Epic Games themselves with Apple. They demanded that the court close access to the documents.

Apple‘s lawyers asked the court to invalidate the testimony of Lori Wright, vice president of Xbox. She appeared in court as a witness on the part of Epic Games and, among other things, said that Microsoft does not receive any profit from the sale of consoles.

China’s Tencent is suing DD373.com — a platform for trading in-game items. The corporation claims that all virtual content in games (resources, weapons, skins, etc.) belong exclusively to it. Even if gamers spend real money on it. The giant’s statement immediately caused a lot of indignation among the players.

Indie studio Wolfire Games, known for the action game about anthropomorphic animals Overgrowth, initiated an antitrust class action lawsuit against Valve. The reason was the dominant position of the company in the PC market. The creators of Steam are accused of the fact that the high commission of the store allegedly forces publishers to raise prices and invest less money in development.Overgrowth

Apple has problems in Germany. Numerous German advertisers are dissatisfied with iOS 14.5 released on Monday and the new privacy policy that was launched on the platform after that. Now the corporation will be checked by the local Federal Antimonopoly Agency.

Analysis of the most frequently asked questions regarding the release of games in China.

Finnish Rovio accuses Wildberries of copyright infringement due to the sale of various products featuring Angry Birds. The company wants to collect compensation in the amount of 60 thousand rubles. However, the marketplace claims that it is necessary to sue not with the site, but with the sellers.The claim to the Moscow City Court was filed by Rovio on April 23, the Kommersant newspaper reports.

The Ministry of Finance has proposed to introduce a special court for IT companies, which can be launched by 2024. We are talking about the consideration of criminal cases under economic articles. The agency is also considering the introduction of a moratorium on inspections, which, according to officials, will help companies “feel protected.”This was stated by the head of the department Maksut Shadaev at a meeting of the Federation Council for the Development of the…

Another trial at Activision. This time the company went to court after it was accused of violating the trademark “Warzone”. The fact is that at the end of 2017, indie developer Randy Ficker launched a browser game Warzone.com — almost three years before the release of Call of Duty: Warzone. According to Ficker, the trademark rights should belong to him.

Throughout March, there was an active discussion in Russian educational circles about the law on the regulation of educational activities. Despite the fact that scientists and artists opposed it with a united front, it was first adopted by the State Duma, and yesterday, March 31, the Federation Council also approved it. This means that the law will most likely come into force very soon (unless the president refuses to sign it, which is unlikely). We…

What you need to pay attention to when launching a game for children, — says in his column for App2Top.ru Marat Mukhametzyanov, lawyer at VERSUS.legal.

In May, the trial of Apple and Epic Games will begin. On the eve of the meeting, the parties announced a list of possible witnesses. Among them are the heads of companies Tim Cook and Tim Sweeney, as well as other top managers and a number of former employees.According to TechCrunch, the witness lists were submitted to the court at the end of last week.