Sojuzpatent is one of the leading companies in the Russian Federation in the field of Intellectual Property right's protection. Sojuzpatent offers a wide range of services in all aspects of Intellectual Property in the Russian Federation and internationally including the CIS countries.
 | litigation news |
June 30, 2010 - The Appeal Arbitration Court for Ninth Circuit decided in favor of Sojuzpatent’s client company Soremartec SA (Belgium) (plaintiff) with regard to the case of violation of exclusive rights to the Trademark Registration RF 368144. By this Decision the Appeal Arbitration Court for Ninth Circuit affirmed the Decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court of March 29, 2010 adopted with regard to the same case, according to which:
- in favor of Soremartec S.A. the compensation in the amount of 2,000,000 (two million) rubles is exacted;
- the defendants are forbidden to use the Trademark Registration 368144 in the way of producing, introducing into the civil turnover and selling confectionery "Waffles "Tribelli" with their packing and / or individually wrapping designation similar to the Trademark Registration 368144.
The defendant used on the package of the confectionery products "Waffles" Tribelli" designation similar to the Trademark Registration 368144, which was used by the right holder Soremartec SA inter alia on the packages of sweets "Raffaello".
April 21, 2010 – The Federal Arbitration Court of Moscow Circuit affirmed the Resolution of the Appeal Arbitration Court for Ninth Circuit taken in favor of the client company “Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft" (the Federal Republic of Germany) (plaintiff) with regard to the case of violation of exclusive rights to the international trademark "Cayenne" IR 723642 and IR 730258. The defendant used the domain name "cayenneclub.ru" for offering for sale spare parts for Porsche Cayenne cars. The Court put an injunction on the defendant against the use of the trademarks belonging to "Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft" in administering the domain "cayenneclub.ru".
March 17 2010 - The St. Petersburg Arbitration Court decided in favor of Sojuzpatent’s client DELSEY (France) (plaintiff), with regard to the case of infringement of exclusive rights for the trademark ”DELSEY” IR 487132. In accordance with this Decision it is forbidden for the defendant to use the trademark IR 487132 in the way of offering for sale and selling bags labeled ”DELSEY”, except offering for sale and selling bags, which were introduced into the civil turnover in the territory of the Russian Federation by DELSEY or with its consent;
- in favor of DELSEY compensation in the amount of 110,000 (one hundred ten thousand) rubles is to be collected from the defendant for the infringement of the exclusive rights for the trademark IR 487132.
March 09, 2010 – The Federal Arbitration Court for Moscow Circuit decided in favor of Sojuzpatent’s client Open Join-stock Company “Divnogorsk low-voltage machines plant” (plaintiff) with regard to the case of infringement of exclusive rights to the utility model “Automatic switcher” patent RF 53815. By this Decision the Federal Arbitration Court for Moscow Circuit affirmed the Decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court of August 27, 2009 and affirmed the Resolution of the Appeal Arbitration Court for Ninth Circuit of November 23, 2009 which were taken earlier with regard to the same case and according to which it was forbidden for the defendant to introduce into the civil turnover goods “Automatic switcher BA57-39” in which the utility model under the patent RF 53815 is used.
February 19, 2010 – The Arbitration Court of the Republic of Adygeya decided to bring an individual entrepreneur to administrative responsibility in accordance with art. 14.10 of the Russian Administrative Offences Code for importation, without the permission of the right holder, Sojuzpatent’s client Company "Ferrero S.p.A.", into the territory of the Russian Federation of confections, which labels and packages contained signs identical or confusingly similar to the trademark of the right holder. With regard to the same case the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Adygeya also decided to impose on the offender an administrative fine in the amount of 11,000 (eleven thousand) rubles and to confiscate the subjects of administrative offence: the chocolate products of a spherical shape with ‘surprise’ designation on them. This case on an administrative offense was considered by the Court on the basis of the Novorossiysk customs’ application. Company "Ferrero S.p.A." participated in the case as a third party not instituting independent claims.
 | conferences, workshops, exhibitions |
Sojuzpatent Ltd. was one of the co-organizers of the First All-Russian IP Forum “ExpoPriority” which took place December 1-4, 2009 in the Moscow Central Convention Hall “EXPOCENTER”
April 10, 2008 in Tokyo (Japan) the Joint seminar of IP protection in Russia was organized by the Japanese and Russian National Groups of the AIPPI. The panelists in the seminar were the President of the Russian Patent Office Dr.Boris Simonov and the President of the Eurasian Patent Office Dr.Alexander Grigoriev. One of the panelists (with the topic on patent enforcement in Russia) was Head of Litigation Practice of Sojuzpatent Dr.Zalesov, who serves as the Secretary of the Russian National Group of the AIPPI.
April 29, 2008 the patent attorneys of Sojzpatent Elena Vorobieva and Tayana Echlas organized a seminar on IP protection concerning the newly adopted Part 4 of the Russian Civil Code in the City of Volgograd (Southern part of Russia)
 | publications |
Journal “Intellectual Property” #7, 2008 published article “When the patent can be invalidated in part” by Dr.Zalesov of Sojuzpatent.
Journal “IP Exchange” #3, 2008 published article “Novelties in eth regulation of the franchising in Russia” by Dr.Zalesov of Sojuzpatent.
Journal “Patent attorney” #2, 2008 published article “Which law is applicable ” by Dr.Zalesov of Sojuzpatent.
