US swimwear producer contests Italian Venus brand in RussiaVenus Fashion, a well-known American swimwear producer, has filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Commercial Court against Kelemata, Italy's largest cosmetics company, with a request that the legal protection of the defendant's Venus trademark in Russia be ceased for clothing and leather goodsю14:55 31.01.2013
Hermitage Museum sues fashion designer over Gainsborough paintingThe Stavropol Territory Commercial Court will consider the Hermitage Museum's lawsuit against a St. Petersburg fashion designer on February 18, the Supreme Commercial Court reported on its website on Tuesday.16:43 30.01.2013
European court dismisses Budvar claim against Anheuser-Busch over BUD trademarkThe General Court of the European Union (GCEU) held Tuesday that American brewery Anheuser-Busch is entitled to register the Community trademark “BUD” despite Budvar’s protestations based on the insignificant use of the appellation of origin BUD in Austria and France.17:46 22.01.2013
Russian man loses pseudo Google domain nameThe US National Arbitration Forum (NAF) has ruled that the google-play-market.com domain shall be transferred from Russian national Gennady Bystrykh to Google.11:38 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
Russian supermarket chain loses appeal of ban on its use of Adidas logoThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld the judgment banning X5 Retail Group chain stores from using Adidas' three-stripes logo.13:29 26.12.2012
Google's lawsuit on using googl.ru and gugl.ru domains upheldThe Moscow Commercial Court upheld Google Inc.'s lawsuit against Weblink Ltd concerning the defendant's use of the googl.ru and gugl.ru domains.11:50 27.11.2012
Pussy Riot should sue over new book, says former attorneyThe former attorneys of the convicted Pussy Riot members did not sign any contracts with publishers and are advising the girls' current attorneys to sue over the publication of a book entitled "PUSSY RIOT. What was it all about?", says Mark Feygin, former representative of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.11:10 23.11.2012
Microsoft's right to Windows.Ru domain confirmedThe Moscow District Federal Commercial Court has upheld the ruling pursuant to which the court has recognized the Microsoft Corporation's right to the Windows.Ru domain name.18:12 21.11.2012
Russia's top social network disputes recovery of $17,493 for hosting songsThe Thirteenth Commercial Court of Appeals has registered an appeal by VKontakte, owner of the eponymous social network, against the court ruling to award Gala Records 550,000 rubles ($17,493) for hosting songs by the popular singer MakSim.14:49 20.11.2012
Visa seeks to deprive entrepreneur of right to Signature brandThe Visa International Service Association has filed a lawsuit with the Moscow Commercial Court against Internet businessman Igor Sergiyenko, demanding that he be deprived of the Signature brand.13:47 20.11.2012
Decision upheld in Alcoa subsidiary lawsuit over aluminum alloy patentThe Supreme Commercial Court's presidium has upheld the decision of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Aviation Materials (VIAM) to terminate a license contract under which Alcoa Samara Metallurgical Plant used its patented alloy.16:31 13.11.2012
Microsoft awarded $253k for its copyright infringementThe Tula Sovetsky District Court has upheld Microsoft's lawsuit to recover 8 million rubles ($253,720) from two businessmen who inflicted damages on the company by selling counterfeit software.18:06 09.11.2012
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
US Court dismisses Apple patent licensing claims against GoogleA US federal court dismissed with prejudice Apple’s patent licensing claims against Google’s Motorola Mobility Monday. The trial had been scheduled to begin at 1pm, and the dismissal was issued shortly after 11:30 that same morning.18:33 06.11.2012
Dispute over parallel imports in RussiaThe Russian Supreme Commercial Court is soon expected to define its position on parallel imports, or the import of goods by unauthorized distributors without the trademark holder's consent. Its presidium will consider the lawsuit between businessman Sergei Chudov and the customs authorities on November 13.17:11 06.11.2012
Russian rubles counterfeit protection case to be heard behind closed doorsThe Moscow Commercial Court has ruled that a lawsuit filed by Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (G&D) to recover 429,000 euros from the Bank of Russia and Federal State Unitary Enterprise Goznak should be heard behind closed doors.10:54 26.10.2012
Medvedev looks to establish IP courts in RussiaPrime Minister Dmitry Medvedev believes that it is reasonable to set up special courts protecting intellectual property.14:30 22.10.2012
Apple suffers setback in US appeals courtThe US Federal Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded Thursday a district court decision that had enjoined the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone based on an alleged patent infringement.18:46 12.10.2012