In June, Wildberries and Russ announced the plans to merge to create the RVB digital shopping platform. In early July, RVB was created. 65% in the company belongs to Wildberries (the main legal entity of the marketplace), 35% - to Stinn LLC (one of the main legal entities of Russ Group of Companies). Later, a unified legal department and media department were created. At the end of July, the domain was transferred to the joint venture. Wildberries co-owner Vladislav Bakalchuk (owns 1% of shares) has hired lawyers to challenge the transfer of the marketplace domain to RVB.

Domain names are not intellectual property. The registrar provides the address for use for a year under a lease agreement, which must be regularly renewed. It is the "administration right" that is the object of civil relations. One can transfer this right by changing contractual parties in the agreement with the registrar, and protect it by challenging respective change in court.

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