Armenia seeks EU permission to label brandy as cognacArmenia has asked the EU for permission to label its brandy as cognac, Deputy Economy Minister Garegin Melkonyan said on Tuesday. The talks are being held as part of negotiations on the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area between the EU and Armenia.17:12 16.04.2013
German company's lawsuit over Wolta brand adjourned until May 28The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed the hearing of Wolta GmbH's lawsuit against the Russian Optkomplekt company over the illegal use of its registered Wolta brand.15:18 10.04.2013
Appeal in Burger King brand dispute to be considered on May 13The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will consider a Russian businessman's appeal on May 13 against a court order to stop using the Burger King brand in his domain names.15:47 04.04.2013
Mexx awarded $4,900 in compensation for brand infringementThe Moscow Commercial Court has ordered a businessman to stop using the mexx.ru website and fined him 150,000 rubles ($4,870) for violating Mexx Europe B.V.'s brand.17:03 15.03.2013
ECHR upholds conviction of Pirate Bay co-foundersThe European Court of Human Rights has upheld the Pirate Bay co-founders' criminal conviction for aiding copyright infringement on the Internet. In 2009, Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi were sentenced to one year in prison for complicity in sharing, or allowing others to share, torrent files.10:36 14.03.2013
Ban on use of Google trademark in googl.ru and gugl.ru domains upheldThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal from Weblink Ltd against the court ban on using the Google trademark in the googl.ru and gugl.ru domain names.13:43 21.02.2013
Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk sue Russian companies over copyrightAutodesk Incorporated, Microsoft and Adobe Systems Incorporated have filed lawsuits with the Krasnoyarsk Territory Commercial Court against local firms for unauthorized software use.17:04 20.02.2013
German education minister to appeal decision to revoke her Ph.D.German Minister of Education and Research Annette Schavan will file a lawsuit to contest the University of Dusseldorf's decision to revoke her Ph.D. based on allegations of having plagiarized her doctoral thesis, according to her attorney.13:26 06.02.2013
ECJ holds that costs can be limited for short news clips of high-interest eventsThe European Court of Justice (ECJ) held Tuesday that in cases involving events that generate a great deal of public interest, such as certain sporting events, the cost exclusive broadcast holders charge for rights to air short news clips can be limited.16:07 22.01.2013
Siberian company refuses to give up infinity logo despite Nissan claimThe Siberia-based Sun Innovations, an ink and printing equipment manufacturer, has refused to stop using the Infiniti brand for its products and will defend the decision in court, SUN CEO Yury Kurochkin was quoted as saying on Monday.16:49 21.01.2013
Weblink appeals ban on use of Google-esque domain namesWeblink has appealed a recent judgment banning the company from using domain names googl.ru and gugl.ru.16:36 18.01.2013
Nissan challenges Russian company's rights to Infinity trademarkNissan has asked the Moscow Commercial Court to preliminarily enjoin a Russian computer company's from using the CLR INFINITY trademark.15:25 18.01.2013
Nike recovers domain in trademark disputeThe Moscow Commercial Court has ruled on January 15 to transfer the nike.ru domain name from businessman Stanislav Drugalyov to Nike's Russian office.14:55 16.01.2013
Burger King to take on Russian pseudo-franchise dealer February 19Hearings will begin February 19 in the Moscow Commercial Court in Burger King's case against entrepreneur Alexei Makoveyev, who has been using "Burgerking" and the "Burger-King" in his domain names.16:29 11.01.2013
Record company demands $131,000 over Blur songSBA Music Publishing has filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Commercial Court against Rostelecom and NTV to recover 4 million rubles ($131,485) in compensation for the illegal use of Blur's "Song 2" in an advertisement.16:07 10.01.2013
Supreme Court dismisses Russian social network's piracy appealThe Supreme Commercial Court has dismissed VKontakte's request to transfer for review to the court's presidium the imposition of damages in the amount of 210,000 rubles ($6,640) against the company for hosting songs on its website without the consent of the copyright holders.16:11 12.11.2012
Yandex to sue unlicensed software distributorsYandex may submit new lawsuits against the owners of websites that illegally distribute its software, Yandex Press Secretary Ochir Mandzhikov told RIA Novosti.15:06 09.11.2012
Social network copyright violation suit settled out of courtOn Thursday the Moscow Commercial Court approved an out of court settlement between the Gala Records company against the Odnoklassniki social network on the recovery of one million rubles (about $32,000) in compensation for violation of exclusive rights to reproduce songs of singer MakSim.16:12 25.10.2012
Compensation for illegally publishing Sheckley not to be reconsideredThe Supreme Commercial Court has refused to satisfy Rimis' application to reconsider the ruling to recover over $10,000 from the company for illegally publishing Robert Sheckley's works.18:03 22.10.2012
Russia's top social network to pay for illegally hosting songsThe St. Petersburg Commercial Court has sided with Gala Records in its lawsuit to recover $18,000 from VKontakte social networking service for hosting songs by the popular singer MakSim.12:06 11.10.2012