General information: Sergo Anton Gennadyevich is MSAL graduate, professor, Doctor in Law,
mediator, professor of MSAL chair on intellectual property,
professor of UNESCO chair on intellectual property, academician
of the Russian Academy of Natural History, the President of "Internet and Law"
legal company, member of the Expert Council of the Regional Public Organization
"Center of Internet Technologies", member of the Presidium of the Expert Council
of the "Runet Prize" (National Prize of the Russian Federation), member of the
Expert Council of the Russian Internet Forum, member of the Editorial Board of
the "Copyright", "Works on Intellectual Property" (UNESCO),
"Digital economy" magazines, expert of the Internet Development Institute, member
of the Scientific Advisory Council at the Intellectual Property Court, author of
more then 20 books and more then 300 publications and
interview concerning law and the
Internet, that are published in Russia and abroad.
Since 1998 the basic activity of A.G. Sergo and his “Internet and Law” legal
company has been concentrated on protection of the rights of trade mark owners,
company name owners, domain name owners in the Russian and international courts,
owners of copyright, protection of honor and reputation in the Internet. During
the twenty years of practice the author has created a number of precedent cases
for the area, won both in our country and in the WIPO UN Arbitration center.
The company has been included into TOP-30 of the Russian legal firms in the
field of intellectual property and “TMT: technologies, media and
telecommunications”.
During its existence the company have rendered services to more than eight
hundred persons/companies. Our clients on the Internet disputes at various times
were NIKE (4 domain name disputes were won), REUTERS, BBC, KLM, TASS (14 domain
name disputes were won in Russia and 4 ones – in the WIPO Arbitration center),
HeadHunter (12 domain name disputes were won in Russia and 2 ones – in the WIPO
Arbitration center), WildBerries, VKontakte (in the WIPO Arbitration center), CIAN (in Russia
and in the WIPO Arbitration center), NAVITEL (2 domain name disputes were won in
the WIPO Arbitration center), VK, BBC, ITAR-TASS (14 domains in Russia and 4
ones abroad were won), SU-155, AKADO and many others.
Higher education: Moscow State Academy of Law
Day-time department
Specialization: The enterprise law.
Area of dissertation researches: domain names. Academic title: professor, RANH
academician. Scientific degree: Doctor in Law.
Title of honor (RAHN): Honored worker of science and education.
Professional mediator.
International
courses
2003 – WIPO Academy’s "General
course on intellectual property".
2010 – WIPO Academy’s "Advanced course. Copyright
and related rights".
2012 – WIPO Academy’s "Advanced course on Arbitration
and Mediation under the WIPO Rules".
2021 – WIPO Academy: "Advanced course on software
licensing, including open source software".
2021 – WIPO Academy: "Advanced course on trademarks,
industrial designs and geographical indications”.
2021 – WIPO Academy: "Advanced course on
trademarks, iIndustrial designs and geographical indications”.
Experience
From 1998 until nowadays - President of the "Internet & Law" legal
company.
From 2000 until 2010 - The Moscow State Academy of Law, associate professor.
From 2009 until 2024 - the Russian State Academy of Intellectual
Property (former the Russian State Institute of Intellectual Property),
professor.
From 2017 until nowadays - The Moscow State Academy of Law, professor.
From 2000: UNESCO chair on intellectual property, member (CIS),
professor.
The first and the only Chair’s expert in
intellectual property problems within the Internet.
Cooperation
1999 – 2001:
Participation in development of a draft "On state automatic system
"Elections";
Cooperation with Scientific research center of information legal
technologies.
2000 – 2003:
Cooperation with Russian Union of Journalists.
2002 – 2003:
Cooperation with social television and radio broadcasting
development Fund.
2003 – 2006:
Cooperation with RosNIIROS - RIPN and RuCENTER (NIC.RU).
2004 – 2007:
The member of “Information law” editorial board.
Since 2004 to the present:
The member of The Russian public center of the
Internet-technologies;
The member of Presidium Advisory council "THE RUNET PREMIUM"
(the National Premium of the Russian Federation);
The member of The Russian Internet Forum
Expert board.
Since 2011 to 2012: WIPO “Summer School on IP” lecturer.
Since 2015
to the present:
expert IRI (Development of Internet Institute).
Since 2016 to
2022:
Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Coordination Center for TLD RU/RF.
Since 2016 to the present: member of the
editorial board of the journal
"Copyright".
Since 2018 to 2022: member of the
editorial board of the journal "Intellectual property. Copyright".
Since 2020 to the present: member of the
editorial council of the journal "Works on Intellectual Property"
(UNESCO).
Since 2021 to the present: member of the editorial council
of the journal "Digital economy".
Since 2021 to the present: member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Intellectual Property
Rights Court.
Professionalal
Awards
Certificate
The "Copyrighter" project co-author (computer
program, meant for authors' rights and electronic publications defence
within
the Internet
by a special method of publications reflection, which prevents
illegal text copying, duplicating or/and modification, 2000.
Publications
There are more than
300 books, publications, interview on legal subjects in printed and
electronic
mass media in Russia and abroad,
and also 20+ books (including 10 monographs,
11 textbooks).
Author’s works are published in such editions, as:
Social and political editions and news agencies: Russian
information agency “Novosti”, TASS, ITAR-TASS, Kommersant, Kommersant “Vlast’”,
Vedomosti, SmartMoney (Vedomosti), Izvestiya, Noviye Izvestiya, Pravda.ru,
Expert, RBC Daily, Ekonomika I Zhizn’ (Yurist), Gazeta, Biznes-zhurnal,
Komsomolskaya pravda, Argumenty i fakty, Ogonyok, Marker, Gudok, “Svobodmaya
pressa”, Russian Newsweek, Broadcasting, DF (Debt Factor), Lenta.ru,
Nakanune.ru, Information agency "Banki.ru", Argumenty nedeli.
Legal editions: Russian Agency of Legal and Judicial
Information, Pravo.ru, Khozyaystvo i pravo, Informatsionnoe pravo, UNESCO
chair’s bulletin "Writings on intellectual property", Rossiyskaya yustitsiya,
Yurist, Pravo, Intellectualnaya sobstvennost’, Yurist kompanii, Yurist
predpriyatiya, Pravo i ekonomika, Novaya advokatskaya gazeta, Kollegiya,
Yuridicheaskaya Rossiya, Kodeks-info, Cherniye dyry v rossiyskom zakonodatelstve,
Baltiyskiy yuridicheskiy zhurnal (Latvia), Problemy pravovoy informatizatsii
(Belarus), Ukrainskiy Yurist (Ukraine).
Computer editions: Kompyuter-press, PC Magazine, CNews,
Novosty Internet, Kompyulog, Mir PK, Programmist, Khaker, PCWeek, Kompyuterra,
Hard'n'Soft, Mir Khostinga, DP.ru, WebPlaneta, TelNews, RUformator.
Television broadcasts on channels: Rossiya (RTR), Rossiya
2, TV Tsentr, Stolitsa, Podmoskovye, Tretiy kanal, TV-6, Ren-TV, NTV+, M24, RBC,
"Peterburg - pyatiy kanal", Rossiya24 (Vesti24), iTV.
Radio programs on radio stations: RGRK "Golos Rossii", "Ekho
Moskvi", "Russkaya sluzhba novostey", "Mayak", “Radio Svoboda”,"Govorit Moskva",
VGTRK "Vesti.FM", "City-FM", “Moskva FM”, “Serebryanyi dozhd’”, “Kommersant FM”,
"BBC (Russian)", Radio "Komsomolskaya pravda".
Books
Author of:
"Internet and Law" book (2003).
"Legal aspects of the Internet" e-book (2003).
"Informatics and maths for lawyers: the Internet" textbook co-author
(2003).
“The legal rights of intellectual property”
textbook co-author (2005).
"Domain Names" book (2006).
"The Internet computer networks and intellectual property", textbook
co-author (2010).
"Domain Names" book (2010).
"Usage of reference legal systems “ConsultantPlus”, “Garant” and “Kodeks”
in juridical activity " textbook (2010).
"The
legal rights of intellectual property for IT-specialists"
textbook co-author (2011).
"Usage
of means of individualization and results of intellectual activity
in domain names"
textbook (2011).
"Information technologies in legal activities" textbook
(2012).
"Domain Names" book (2013).
"Information technologies in legal activities.
The Internet" textbook
(2013).
"Disputes on domain names. International systems of their resolution" book
co-author(2015).
"Usage
of means of individualization
in domain names"
textbook (2017).
"Information technologies in legal activities" textbook
(2017).
"The
intellectual property law for IT-specialists"
textbook co-author (2018).
"Domain Names" book (2018).
"International domain dispute resolution
systems" book co-author(2022).
"Russian UDRP or the Chamber of domain name
disputes" book co-author(2023).
Arnold Lutzker "Content Rights for Creative
Professionals", Focal Press, 2004.
Participation in conferences with reports
"Law and the Internet"
conference - 2000
("Copyright defence within
the Internet (ways of defence, author's experience")).
"Electronic commerce - 2000"
Exibition and seminar at VVTZ
("How rights within Internet are defended").
All-Russian seminar "GIS and
SAPR within the Internet and
the Intranet" - 2001
("Copyright defence practice within
the Internet").
"Law and the Internet"
conference - 2002
("Domain sphere judicial problems: Russian and international
experience").
"Law and the Internet"
conference - 2003, member of the organizing committee.
"Documentation in the
information society:
paradigms of the XXI century" conference - 2003 ("The
Electoric Documents Exchange in the Internet").
Round-table discussion
“Press-2004": "Intellectual property and
the Internet".
"Telecomunications and New
Information Techonology in the Area of Education", MEPHI, the
scientific session, VIII exhibition-conference - 2004 ("The Internet
& Law").
"Intellectual property and
the Internet" conference - 2004 ("Domains: Russian
legislation and UDRP").
Round-table discussion
"Press-2005": "Intellectual property and
the Internet".
The First anniversary of the
Russian Internet (2005), member of
expert board.
The All-Russian conference
"The Copyright: protection and defense" - 2005: the report "The
Review of domain disputes in Russia".
The International conference
"The Law and the Internet" - 2005: the report "The Review of domain
disputes in Russia".
The National
award of the Russian Federation "RUNET
award - 2005", a member of
expert board.
The International conference
"The Problem of a spam and its decision - 2005": "Is it possible
to bring s spammer to responsibility".
The Russian Internet Forum" (RIF) - 2006,
member of the organizing committee, round-table member
“Legal aspects of content distribution in the Internet”.
The National award of the Russian Federation "RUNET award - 2006", a
member of
expert board
The International conference "The Law and the Internet" - 2006:
report " The Review of domain disputes in Russia ".
The Russian Internet Forum" (RIF) - 2007,
member of the organizing committee, round-table member
“The Internet and copyright: that is stronger?..”.
The National award of the Russian Federation "RUNET award - 2007", a
member of
expert board
The Russian Internet Forum" (RIF) - 2008,
member of the organizing committee, round-table co-moderator
«Personal data in the Internet».
etc.
"Internet & Law" project
The author and moderator of the site "The Internet & Law" (www.internet-law.ru)
- the leader among similar domestic Internet-resources.
Legal experience within Internet
The regular cooperation with commercial, non-commercial legal
entities and also private persons in sphere of consultation concerning
intellectual property (the copyright, domain names), protection of
honor, dignity and business reputation.
A number of precedent-setting cases are won in courts.
