MOSCOW, June 23 (RAPSI) – Russia’s Intellectual Property Court has set hearings over the early termination of legal protection of “National” trademark between the Hong Kong firm Goldstar Electronics Company and Panasonic for December 20, the court documents read.

Russia’s patent agency Rospatent is listed as a third party in this dispute.

The plaintiff asks the court to terminate the brand protection on goods, including recording, transferring and reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs, data processing equipment and computers.

The lawsuit was filed on April 26. The court ruled to begin hearings in December to take all needed measures to properly notify defendant in this case.