date:May 29, 2012
PepsiCo already produces fermented beverage kvaas under the brand name Russky Dar or Russian Gift, and applied to extend the name to three other beverages: sbiten, mead and cider under the NICE international trademark framework that Russia has signed.
Traditional Russian honey-based hot winter beverage sbiten comes in non-alcoholic and alcoholic versions (with red wine), while mead is a honey-based wine.
However, when PepsiCo Holdings Russia applied to Rospatent (the Federal Service for Inte