MOSCOW, February 16 - RAPSI. A commercial court of appeals held for Tissot AG's lawsuit to outlaw Holmrook Limited's use of its trade name, the court told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) on Thursday.

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has prohibited Holmrook Limited from further using "tissot" in its "tissot.ru" domain name and declared that the unauthorized use is trademark infringement. The court also awarded Tissot 50,000 rubles ($1,650) in compensation.

The court has also reversed the Moscow Commercial Court's previous judgment to dismiss the lawsuit. The trial court stated that Holmrook Limited is not tissot.ru's owner or administrator - it had assigned administration rights to an individual named Nikolai Mikhaylyukov free of charge.

Tissot AG is a renowned global watch producer, its representative said at the hearing. The watchmaker registered the "tissot" trademark in 1917. Meanwhile, Holmrook registered the same trademark much later than Tissot. According to the claimant, Holmrook Limited violates its exclusive trademark rights. Additionally, Tissot said the defendant does not use the trademark.

Tissot said www.tissot.ru became an informational site about French painter Jacques Tissot after it filed the lawsuit.

Mikhaylyukov also participated in the hearing. He has informed the court of a Moscow district courts August 23 decision entitling him to register tissot.ru on his own behalf. The court has also involved Valentina Merushina in this case as she has been using the disputed domain name under a contract with the defendant since 2010 for posting information about the painter.

The plaintiff has given the lie to this statement because prior to filing the lawsuit the website inspection showed that it was under development.

This is not the first lawsuit filed against Holmrook Limited. In September, the Moscow Commercial Court sided with another Swiss watchmaker Rado Uhren AG in its lawsuit to prohibit Holmrook Limited from using its name in domain names and ordered the defendant to pay 50,000 rubles ($1,650) in damages. The judgment has come into force.

Earlier, the court satisfied Longines Watch Co. in its action against Holmrook Limited for trademark and trade name infringement.