Appeal for trademark registration refusal in Russian Federation

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Effective and safe business in Russia is closely tied to the protection of intellectual property by the state, particularly when a foreign company is planning or already has begun its commercial activity on the territory of the Russian Federation. Unfortunately, not all trademarks of foreign companies are granted legal protection by the Russian Federation Trademark office. There are a number of reasons which tend to be used by the Russian Federation Trademark office to issue a refusal of a trademark registration in Russia. The full list of reasons given for refusal to register a trademark is given in article 1483 of the Russian Federation Civil code.

Russian Federation trademark lawyers of our company specialize in disputing trademark registration refusal by filing objections to the chamber of Patent Disputes, department of appeals of the Trademark office, and providing argumentative cases in favor of trademark registration in Russia. Our practice testifies, that generally, the refusal cases are settled in the pre-judicial stage and thereafter the trademarks obtain legal protection on the territory of the Russian Federation. Our experts are able to present arguments to the Patents Dispute Chamber the availability of differentiation and confirm the usage of the trademark on the Russian territory, therefore resolving the matter efficiently.

The expenses of the disputing of the trademark registration refusal decision in Russia

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The procedure of disputing of refusal of a trademark registration in Russia:

• Preliminary analysis. Up to 7 working days. The applicant has to submit a copy of Provisional refusal. In case the international legal protection through WIPO has been requested, or if the applicant has passed the procedure of the national registration of the trademark in Russia, by having filed the application directly to the trademark office;
• Filing an appeal to trademark registration refusal in Russia. The process lasts up to 5 months and finishes when a final decision is made and signed by the head of Trademark office..
• Trademark registration in Russia for the term of 10 years. After favorable decision has been reached by the Trademark office and fees have been settled, the information about the trademark is instantly published in the Bulletin, as well as in the State Register of the trademarks of the Russian Federation. The rights’ owner also receives a special certificate on the trademark for the term of 10 years upon termination of which the trademark’s validity may be prolonged to the following similar period

What is necessary for an appeal for trademark registration refusal in Russia?

• The application number;
• The applicant details (full legal entity name or the name of an individual entrepreneur, address);
• POA to the patent attorney.

The services which may be of interest to you:

• Preliminary search (trademarks, inventions, industrial design);
• Registration of the trademark in Russia;
• Active protection of the trademark in the Federal customs service of Russian Federation (Customs Register of trademarks in Russian Federation — tracking, confiscation and destruction of the counterfeiting merchandise);
• Registration of the license agreements in Russia;
• Registration of sale/purchase of the trademark in Russia;
• Patenting of inventions in Russia;
• Patenting of industrial design in Russia;
• Registration of software in Russia.

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