The Russian IP Court has ruled in favor of the client of «A.Zalesov and Partners» Patent & Law Firm, having invalidated the decision of Rospatent, as well as obliging him to amend the international registration of the client's trademark.
The Court has acknowledged that the «911» element for cosmetics should not be disclaimed in case it is perceived as a name of the product line by consumers. The results of the consumers poll presented by our associates have played a decisive role for the case, as well as the other set of documents.
Therefore, «A.Zalesov and Partners» proved that the «911» element has been used for a long time to individualize the client's goods, as a result of which it acquired distinctiveness, despite the conclusions of Rospatent.
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