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Month: October 2018

Three years term of trademark disuse lasts regardless of trademark ownership

The company Media-Saturn-Holdin GmbH has filed a suit against Russian entrepreneur. The entrepreneur was the owner of trademark MediaMarkt in Russia for class 35, but – according to claimant – did not use it; the claimant sought to cease the trademark protection due to its disuse. The claimant believed it is “party concerned”. Despite the trademark owner’s letter to postpone consideration of the case, the case has been considered by the court in the absence of defendant.

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General prosecutor’s office claims there is no criminal prosecution for likes in Russian social networks

The official representative of Russian prosecutor’s office stated that there has been no initiated any criminal prosecution for likes in social networks in Russia. For re-posts there were indictments, because re-post “is publication of information”. Related Posts:Russian ministry of communication…

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Yandex failed to overturn preliminary measures imposed in copyright infringement case

When the three television channels have filed a suit against Yandex, it was not going to give up. After the court has granted injunction against Yandex and issued an order to restrict access to Yandex as preliminary measure (Roskomnadzor did not execute this decision, because it knows, sometimes much better then court itself, whether there is copyright infringement or not) Yadnex opposed preliminary measure.

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