In Soviet Russia ... Apple failed to register a trademark for iPad with Rospatent

Apparently, the patent war and the withdrawal of devices from the sale through the court of Russia will not be affected.
Rospatent published a conclusion in which he dismissed the objection of Apple about the previous decision to deny the registration of the trademark, only now the case has come to an end.

The main argument of Rospatent: the wording of Apple for your device

It is a schematic representation of the goods claimed for registration as a trademark for the designation of these goods, and does not possess distinctiveness.

Moreover, Rospatent also noted the fact that most devices on the Russian market today from other manufacturers in this category (tablet computers) have a similar appearance and form factor, and such original elements as buttons or a joystick on the front panel do not change the perception devices in general and do not have a distinctive function
The argument of Apple that during the social. Surveys consumers distinguished devices from Cupertino from other expert commission rejected the fact that it found an incorrect wording of the question.

during the sociological survey, the toolkit was used, which obviously formed the opinion of the respondents. So, question 6 is worded as follows: “Please tell me, do you associate this image with Apple products such as iPad, iPhone, iPod?”.

The full text of the conclusion of the expert committee can be found here.

PS You can be happy for our sound patent system, which is not conducted on the difference in one letter or in one minor ryushechke, and the view in the essence of the application