Trademark matters: you need authorization from the Russian government to use the word “Russia” in your name

A U.S. company is demanding that U.S. cable providers stop broadcasting Russia Today television after the channel’s trademark application was rejected in the United States. IPD Group, which runs Russiatoday.com, said in a statement Wednesday that it had sent letters to U.S. cable providers Comcast and Intelsat, among others, demanding that they pull Russia Today […]

Should we have trademark filed before we start spending on marketing material?

Today I spotted interesting topic at INTA (International Trademark Assotiation) mailing list which correlated with one of most recent cases we were involved with. Q: We have a trade show coming up where we will launch our new product. In anyone’s advice do you suggest we time it so that the trademark is filed only […]

A quick guide to trademark registration in Russia

Q3: could you give us your quotation for trademark from filing application up to registration in Russia? A3: here is a quick guide to trademark registration in Russia. Prior to filing trademark application in the territory of Russian Federation, it is necessary to conduct search on identity and similarity in the official database of registered […]