Ladies and gentlemen,

Initiating a Court of Intellectual Rights is a major event in this country. It attests to the modern development of our society and the higher legal standards of our citizens.

This new specialised court of arbitration has a lot of authority. This court was necessary to form a state system designed to enhance the protection of immaterial assets, patents and copyrights. This step has been prompted by the need to achieve Russia’s socio-economic modernisation that is impossible without support for innovative business and inventive activity.

I am confident that you will fulfill your duties and responsibilities in a fitting manner and that owing to your professional skills and strict compliance with the spirit and letter of the law, the protection of intellectual property will conform to world standards.

I wish you success and all the best.

Dmitry Medvedev