Спор из-за товарного знака RZD закончен

Bloomberg
23.11.2011

ОАО «РЖД» выиграла спор о досрочном прекращении правовой охраны товарного знака «Российские железные дороги RZD Russian railways», ранее зарегистрированного на Национальную ассоциацию транспортников. Регистрация этого товарного знака была произведена в 1998 году

Russian Railways Entitled to ‘RZD’ Trademark, Court Rules
OAO Russian Railways, the country’s state rail monopoly, has won a trademark dispute with the National Association of Transport Workers, the Russian Legal Information Agency known as RAPSI reported.
The association had registered the «RZD» mark in 1998 and Moscow-based Russian Railways sought termination of the registration, claiming it hadn’t been used during the previous three years, according to RAPSI.
The railroad didn’t use the mark either, the association had argued, claiming there was no way it could be considered the railway’s property, RAPSI reported.
Russia’s Patent Disputes Chamber said the letters – both in the Russian and English alphabets – represent the abbreviation of Russian Railway’s name, and determined the railway was the proper owner of the mark, according to RAPSI.
By Victoria Slind-Flor.