Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Russia has successfully challenged Russia's Rospatent’s decision to cancel the trademarks of Prosveshcheniye Publishers, which consist of a stylized depiction of a globe and the acronym ФГОС (standing for Federal State Educational Standards).
According to BCLP, "the case was initiated following a major trademark dispute between Prosveshcheniye and Ventana-Graf publishers, which went on for more than a year. The court satisfied all the claims by Prosveshcheniye Publishers (the claimant), recovering from the defendant RUB 3.7 billion in compensation for breach of trademark rights. The defendant then cancelled the Rospatent registration of the trademarks it had infringed on and for which it had paid compensation. The BCLP Russia team managed, however, to have the trademarks promptly restored."
The Prosveshcheniye case was argued by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Dispute Resolution/IP Partner Elena Trusova, Counsel Anton Nefedev, and Junior Associate Gleb Liubochko.
