A St. Petersburg first-level appellate court upheld the claim of a trademark owner, the German manufacturer of UVEX safety eyewear, against a Russian company importing UVEX products without the trademark owner’s permission. The court found such “parallel import” illegal under Russian trademark law. On the other hand, a Moscow appellate court recently held for a parallel importer of trademarked automobile parts in a suit filed by the trademark owner, Japanese company Kayaba. The legality of parallel imports has yet to be resolved by the legislature, the Supreme Arbitrazh (Commercial) Court, or second-level appellate courts.
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