(Updated) quick guide to trademark registration in Russia in 2009

Today I was responding to an inquiry from Israel re process and cost of trademark registration in Russia, and upon finishing my letter I thought that this matter might be of interest to somebody else, so I’m posting it here. Daniel wrote: I anticipate the client will want to know a bottom-line price, so I [...]

Some facts about Russian trademark search services

We’ve just updated our “Russian trademark search services” page, and that reminded me of a case we came across recently with one of our Chinese clients (an Intellectual Property Agent based in Beijing). They wrote: “During the period of cooperation with another Russian ip firm, we have to conduct trademark search through a Hong Kong [...]

Report: Foreign Trade Mark Registrations in Russia by Country and Companies for Two Months of 2008

We’ve been gathering data for our very own inhouse database of trade mark applications filed with Russian Patent Office, and while doing manual double checking of all entries for consistency, I’ve been making notes of trade marks which catched my attention – these being mostly by foreign applicants and attempts to infringe on well known [...]