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IP Court discontinues protection of Russian brand in favor of Chilean winemaker

Russia’s Intellectual Property Court (IP Court) has ruled in favor of Chilean winemaker Vina Santa Carolina S. A., which demanded the termination of protection of a trademark owned by Russian Antares Company.

10:49 02.09.2019

BRICS and EEU countries need single legal platform - experts

Experts have concurred that BRICS countries and member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) must adjust their intellectual property (IP) protection laws to a unified legal system for the productive use of new digital technologies.

16:59 16.04.2018

Russian court sides with Hyundai in dispute with intellectual property rights watchdog

The Intellectual Property Court sided with South Korean automotive group Hyundai Motor Company in its dispute with Russian patent agency Rospatent over protection of intellectual property rights for Hyundai Autron trademark.

16:26 30.03.2016

Ford loses trademark case against Russian patent agency in IP Court

Russia’s Intellectual Property Court has ruled against Ford Motor Company in a lawsuit filed to overturn a Russian patent agency decision that refused to recognize Ford’s trademark as a protected word in Russia.

15:37 27.10.2014

Russian patent service rules against Ford in trademark row

The Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) said it has ruled against a petition by the Ford Motor Company (US) to recognize the “Ford” brand name as a commonly known word in Russia.

12:55 12.03.2014

UK car manufacturer sues Russian patent agency over Funny Jaguar brand

Jaguar Land Rover has filed a suit against the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) seeking to invalidate their decision to provide legal protection for the Funny Jaguar trademark.

11:46 23.01.2014

Court of appeal rejects Rospatent’s complaint over Lacoste brand dispute

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has upheld the lower court order that granted legal protection to Lacoste’s international trademark, L.12.12, in Russia, a RAPSI correspondent reports from the courtroom.

15:41 19.12.2013

Valio brand right deprivation case to be heard on January 15

The intellectual rights court has postponed the hearing of a lawsuit by Krasnoyarsk-based spice and dressing producer Delta Pro against Valio Ltd (Finland) until January 15. Delta Pro has requested that Valio Ltd be deprived of the right to its Valio Demi trademark.

15:35 09.12.2013

Valio Demi brand dispute to be considered on November 11

The Intellectual Property Court will consider on November 11 a lawsuit filed by Delta Pro, the Krasnoyarsk spice company, against Valio Ltd, the biggest milk processor in Finland, the court told RAPSI on Wednesday.

17:18 07.08.2013

BMW sues patent watchdog over Gazprom brand

German carmaker BMW AG has appealed the Rospatent ruling that upheld the legal protection of Gazprom Neft's trademark G-Drive.

17:49 24.05.2013

Parallel importer's trademark lawsuit against Heineken rejected

The Moscow Commercial Court has rejected Aqualife's lawsuit against the Heineken Ceska Republica brewer to terminate the legal protection of its Krusovice trademark in Russia ahead of time.

13:10 20.05.2013

Nissan's suit against Compulink over brand name postponed

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed the hearing for Japanese carmaker Nissan who filed a complaint on the termination of Compulink's rights to the CLR INFINITY trademark until May 14.

16:38 18.04.2013

Company requests to register brands in honor of fallen meteor

Patent Group, a company from Chelyabinsk in the eastern Urals, has filed a request with the Russian patents agency to register Mysterious Meteor, Urals Meteor and Chebarkul Meteor as their trademarks in honor of meteor which has fallen in the region on February 15.

12:46 25.02.2013

Russian company out to strip Heineken of Krusovice brand

The Moscow Commericial Court has registered a lawsuit against Heineken Ceska republica beer producer. It was filed by the Aqualife soft drinks company, which seeks the termination of the Krusovice trademark's legal protection.

16:37 07.02.2013

Nissan challenges Russian company's rights to Infinity trademark

Nissan 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

Russian patent agency refuses to register Pussy Riot trademark

The Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) has refused to register the Pussy Riot trademark. Particularly, the refusal reads that the word combination may be interpreted as negative and provocative.

17:23 12.11.2012

Registration of Cristal brand in Russia revoked

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has confirmed the ruling of the first instance which validated the decision of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks on the annulment of the Cristal trademark's legal protection in Russia.

13:38 28.08.2012

Refusal of Baltika's Zatecky Gus trademark registration confirmed

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has left the ruling in force which deems the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks' (Rospatent) refusal to register the Zatecky Gus brand as lawful.

12:52 27.08.2012

SKYY vodka trademark appeal to be heard in September

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will hear on September 5 the U.S. SKYY SPIRITS vodka manufacturer's appeal over the premature cessation of its trademark's legal protection in Russia.

16:40 27.07.2012

SKYY SPIRITS appeals brand dispute dismissal

The U.S. vodka manufacturer SKYY SPIRITS has submitted an appeal against the Moscow Commercial Court's decision validating the premature termination of the SKYY trademark's legal protection in Russia.

17:14 19.07.2012