Court Rejects Yabloko's Motions in Registration Dispute

The court refused to attach to the case file the consent of Gleb Oshinin, the heir to the author of the song text 'Let There Always Be Sunshine' Lev Oshinin, for the use of the composition by the 'Yabloko' party and Grigory Yavlinsky in campaign materials.

Consensus

• The court rejected all motions submitted by Yabloko.
• The court questioned the authenticity of the electronic consent from Gleb Oshaniin, the heir of Lev Oshaniin.
• The court refused to admit the interview of Lev Oshaniin from 1985.
• The court refused to admit a passage from Korней Chukovsky's book 'From Two to Five'.
• The court refused to admit materials related to the use of ChatGPT-generated images.
• The court refused to admit copies of different editions of the play 'Five Evenings'.
• The court refused to admit consent from the head of Levada-Center for using their research in Yabloko's materials.
• The court refused to admit the inspection protocol of the Rodina party's website.
• The court refused to call a representative from Rosfinmonitoring to testify about alleged foreign funding.
• The Supreme Court is reviewing two appeal complaints from political parties — Rodina and Yabloko — regarding the cancellation of Yabloko's registration for the State Duma elections.
• Yabloko has prepared lawsuits for defamation against leaders of Rodina and other parliamentary parties.
• The Supreme Court previously upheld Rodina's lawsuit, citing violations of intellectual property law during Yabloko's campaign, but did not find extremism.

Points of divergence

• The court specifically rejected the consent from Gleb Oshaniin due to doubts about the authenticity of his signature, despite the document stating it covers past and future use. — vedomosti
• The court also refused to admit an article by Ksenia Spasskaya from 1928, which details the origin of the song's lyrics attributed to a four-year-old boy named Kostya Barannikov. — tg_echoonline_news
• The court's refusal was based on the document being sent electronically from abroad and lack of verification of authenticity. — vedomosti
• The court refused to admit the article by Ksenia Spasskaya and the interview of Lev Oshaniin, in addition to the consent from Gleb Oshaniin. — tg_echoonline_news
• Yabloko's lawyer cited a public statement by Gleb Oshaniin from August 10, in which he stated he did not authorize Rodina to represent his interests. — vedomosti
• Gleb Oshaniin stated in an interview on August 10 that he has no objections to the use of his grandfather's lyrics in Yabloko's advertising. — tg_echoonline_news

Coverage (6 sources)

• Court rejected all requests of 'Yabloko' — Дождь
• Supreme Court did not take into account the heir of the author of the song "Let There Always Be Sun" agreement on using "Apple" — Дождь
• Court rejected all requests of 'Yabloko' — Дождь (Telegram)
• Supreme Court did not take into account the heir of the author of the song "Let There Always Be Sunshine" consent to use "Apple" — Дождь (Telegram)
• Court rejected heir of Oshinin's consent to use his song "Yablokom" — Ведомости
• Court refused to attach Gleb Oshinin's consent to the case materials for the use of «Apple» quotes from the song «Let it always...» — ЭХО / Новости

Key entities

• Apple
• Gleb Oshannin
• Supreme Court
• Grigory Yavlinsky
• General Procuracy
• CIC
• Korney Chukovsky
• Court
• The Authorities
• Appellate Collegium

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