Title for import and principle of right exhaustion in Russian Civil Code regulations on allied rights: mistakes in legislation
The publication by A. Matveyev(Dr. Hab in Law), professor of the Civil Law chair of the Perm State National Research University, discusses the balance of title for import and the principle of the exclusive right exhaustion in the area of allied rights. The right for distribution and for import are viewed together with the principle of the exclusive rights as a single mechanism.The author argues that the views on thetitle for import and the principle of rights exhaustion presented in Chapter of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation are wrong. In particular, the guideline about the right of the publisher stipulate the transactional principle of rights exhaustion but at the same time recognize the title for import, which is a contradiction. A significant drawback of the Russian Civil Code is thatit recognizes the rights of performers and broadcasting companies for distribution but does not recognize the principle of the rightsexhaustion.