This audiobook is for people engaged in creative or entrepreneurial work—writing texts, programming, taking photographs, composing music, or developing a business. In these areas there is a great risk that someone may appropriate your ideas or products. To protect your creations, knowledge of copyright is essential. Lawyer Alexey Bashuk and Maxim Ilyakhov explain in detail and in an accessible way how the system for protecting intellectual property works in Russia. They cover issues related to patents and trademarks and share practical experience that will help you avoid financial losses and defend your rights in disputes with unscrupulous plagiarists and competitors.