Apple resumed the fight against the exploitation of its brand sellers Runet
According to experts, more than 400 stores are registered in the runet, including apple in their names without prior permission from the company. Apple considers it illegal to use its trademarks. In this regard, the company representatives filed a lawsuit for 16.5 million rubles against some companies violating.
The Moscow Arbitration Court has filed a lawsuit against the company LLC Profit, LLC Elektrotekhprom, LLC Argo, LLC Madzhesta Plus, as well as Ivan Sergeyevich Nemkin, the Kommersant newspaper reports . Apple accuses them of illegally using intellectual property, trademarks and selling counterfeit goods.
The main complaints were caused by the sites apl-msk.ru, apples-msk.ru, apple-msk.ru, apple.msk.ru, applemsk.ru, apples.msk.ru, applesmsk.ru, which are administered by Ivan Nemkin.
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At the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014, Apple experts conducted test purchases at the above-mentioned Internet shops of RuNet. It was found that they were selling counterfeit goods.
Earlier, Apple has already tried to stop the unfair use of its name. Its lawyers appealed to the management of "Yandex" with the requirement to remove the sites of violators from Yandex.Market . However, in “Yandex” they said that on this issue “a law firm was coming that could not confirm its authority”
“Samsung, Sony, Miele, Delonghi are actively struggling with companies that use their trademarks without legal rights, not only on the Internet, but also in offline stores and markets,” said a representative of the Association of Trading Companies and Producers of Electrical and computer equipment Anton Guskov.
The Moscow Arbitration Court has filed a lawsuit against the company LLC Profit, LLC Elektrotekhprom, LLC Argo, LLC Madzhesta Plus, as well as Ivan Sergeyevich Nemkin, the Kommersant newspaper reports . Apple accuses them of illegally using intellectual property, trademarks and selling counterfeit goods.
The main complaints were caused by the sites apl-msk.ru, apples-msk.ru, apple-msk.ru, apple.msk.ru, applemsk.ru, apples.msk.ru, applesmsk.ru, which are administered by Ivan Nemkin.
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At the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014, Apple experts conducted test purchases at the above-mentioned Internet shops of RuNet. It was found that they were selling counterfeit goods.
Earlier, Apple has already tried to stop the unfair use of its name. Its lawyers appealed to the management of "Yandex" with the requirement to remove the sites of violators from Yandex.Market . However, in “Yandex” they said that on this issue “a law firm was coming that could not confirm its authority”
“Samsung, Sony, Miele, Delonghi are actively struggling with companies that use their trademarks without legal rights, not only on the Internet, but also in offline stores and markets,” said a representative of the Association of Trading Companies and Producers of Electrical and computer equipment Anton Guskov.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/290268/
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