date:May 29, 2012
llectual Property, Patents and Trademarks) to register Russky Dar as a trademark, the body denied its application (in June 2011) on the grounds that the name was too akin to two existing brand names.
Registered brand names
Namely registered brand name Dar (a pineapple juice produced by Laktis) and well-known local brand Russkaya Vodka (pictured right).
However, permission to register the brand name for sbiten, mead and cider was granted on May 17 when appellate body, the Chamber for Patent Di