Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Court Upholds Cristal Champagne Trademark

The Arbitrazh (Economic) Court of Moscow reversed an April 2009 decision of the Russian patent agency's Disputes Chamber that French champagne producer Louis Roederer's elite "Cristal" trademark is not protected because it is "confusingly similar" to "Kristal" vodka, a trademark owned by a Russian state company. The patent agency admitted in court that it was wrong, which it rarely does.

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1263300

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