Article 1515. Liability for Illegal Use of a Trademark

1. Goods, labels, and packaging of goods on which a trademark or a confusingly similar sign are fixed illegally shall be deemed counterfeits.

2. The rightholder has the right to demand of removing from civil circulation and destroying at the expense of an infringer of counterfeit goods, labels, and packaging of the goods on which a trademark or confusingly similar sign is illegally used. In those cases when the introduction of such goods into circulation is necessary

in public interests, the rightholder has the right to demand removal of the illegally used trademark or confusingly similar sign from the counterfeit goods, labels, and packaging of the goods at the expense of the infringer illegally using the trademark or confusingly similar sign.

3. A person who has infringed the exclusive right to a trademark in the

performance of work or rendering of services shall be obliged to remove the trademark or confusingly similar sign from the materials that accompanied the performance of such work or rendering of services, including documentation, advertising, and signboards.

4. The rightholder has the right to demand at his option from the infringer instead of remuneration for damages payment of remuneration:

1) in the amount of from ten thousand rubles to five million rubles determined at the discretion of the court based on the nature of the infringement;

2) in double amount of the value of the goods on which the trademark is

illegally fixed or in double amount of the value of the rights of the use of the trademark determined starting from the price that in comparable circumstances is usually taken for lawful use of the trademark.

5. A person who has made a precautionary marking with respect to a

trademark not registered in the Russian Federation shall bear liability in accordance with the procedure provided by the legislation of the Russian Federation