On August 25, 2026, the Intellectual Property Court issued a ruling upholding the decision of the court of first instance and the ruling of the appellate court without change, dismissing the cassation appeal. The dispute arose out of dietary supplements and weight-loss tea manufactured and sold under the designation «Reduslim», which was found to be confusingly similar to the client’s trademarks «Reduxin».
The court of first instance ordered a compensation in the total amount of RUB 1,400,000 from the three defendants. At the same time, the court denied the claim for an injunction against the use of the designation on the Internet, establishing that the defendants had already ceased using the disputed designation. The Tenth Arbitration Appellate Court had also already affirmed the decision of the Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region protecting the exclusive rights to the «Reduxin» trademarks earlier.
Disagreeing with the judicial acts rendered, one of the defendants filed a cassation appeal with the Intellectual Property Court, citing inconsistencies in the conclusions of the court of first instance: absence of similarity between the designations, non-compliance by the claimant with the pre-trial dispute resolution procedure, and the excessive amount of compensation ordered.
The cassation court dismissed all arguments of the appellant, holding that the lower courts had not violated the methodology for determining similarity of designations, the pre-trial dispute resolution procedure had been complied with, and the amount of compensation had been determined in accordance with all statutory criteria.
The client’s interests were represented by Head of Intellectual Property Practice Alexey Zalesov, Senior Partner Irina Ozolina and Senior Associate Yulia Kolomytseva.