At SPIEF, EEC Minister for Competition and Antimonopoly Regulation Maxim Ermolovich spoke against enshrining in EAEU law immunities arising from exclusive intellectual property rights. Source: Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC).
The session “Antimonopoly regulation and intellectual property: transforming approaches in the digital age” examined how to balance competition rules and IP rights amid digitalisation. Speakers addressed competition and innovation, market transformation and anticompetitive practices linked to abuse of exclusive rights.
Maxim Ermolovich said EAEU competition law does not provide antimonopoly immunities, whereas national legislation in member states retains such exemptions to varying degrees.
The Commission backs further legislative harmonisation and the removal of immunities tied to exclusive IP rights to encourage competition and innovation across all Union countries.
