MOSCOW, June 15 (RAPSI) – The Moscow Commercial Court has upheld a decision taken by the Moscow office of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) that company Proyektnye Innovatsii (Project Innovations) violated the law by dissimilating contextually targeted advertisements, according to the information presented by the watchdog agency on Wednesday.

Evidence at the disposal of the FAS Moscow office show that the law on advertising was infringed on by dissimilation of contextual advertisements via Google AdWords service, which offered to purchase formwork under PERI trademark from a building company having no right to sell these copyrighted goods.

The legal proceedings were instituted after PERI company, which holds the respective copyright, had lodged a claim with the antimonopoly agency.

A FAS Moscow office commission has established that the contextual advertisements dissimilated via Google service contained information misrepresenting the facts, i.e. that this competitor of PERI had no exclusive rights to the trademark in question.

The actions carried out by Proyektnye Innovatsii could misinform consumers and influence the choice of a seller when purchasing building materials, the antimonopoly watchdog noted adding that a court of first instance had supported FAS stance on the matter.