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The Federal Service for Intellectual Property of Russia (ROSPATENT) has implemented an amended version of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, which entered into force as of January 17, 2021. The alterations, initially signed and published on July 20, 2020, concern the main types of IP protection inclusive of patent, utility model, trademark and industrial design rights, and introduce the allowance of 3-Dimensional models in applications for the aforementioned IP types.