The Russian Union of Rights Holders requires 114 million rubles from the Russian division of Hewlett-Packard. On 10 December, RSP filed a suit in Moscow Arbitration Court. A preliminary hearing will be held on February 19, 2016, a
case file is available on the website.

In September, the Russian Union of copyright holders
extended the state accreditation for the collection of “tax on blanks” . This is a collection of 1% of the cost of consumer electronics for copying movies and music. The “tax on blanks” is paid by importers and manufacturers of recording equipment, which include mobile phones and blank media - CDs, DVDs and others.
According to the judge’s decision on acceptance of the statement of claim for proceedings, the claimant will have to provide duly certified copies of evidence, and the respondent will provide proof of fulfillment of obligations, regulatory and documentary objections to each argument of the statement of claim.
')
RSP previously sued Panasonic Pas for the amount of 234 million rubles: later reduced the amount to 107 million, and the courts of appeal and cassation instances upheld a penalty of 88 million.
The first company that paid the fine for non-payment of the “tax on blanks”
was SANGFEY SES Electronics Rus LLC in 2012, the exclusive seller of Philips phones in the Russian Federation. The company was fined 30 thousand rubles: and its head - 10 thousand.