Two "Gourmets" clashed with interests

The host of "Echo of Moscow" Matvey Ganapolsky created on the Internet a culinary resource called "Gourmet TV" . Domain managed to register suitable - gurman-tv.ru. On the website, Matvey posted audio recordings of his radio broadcasts, themed video podcasts, a selection of recipes, and advertising banners. But quiet life did not last long.

Entertime, which manages the Internet projects of the Sobaka Publishing House and, in particular, the Gurman.Ru website, warned Ganapolsky of intending to sue if Gurman TV is used for commercial purposes. According to Igor Gromov, director of development for Entertime, several months ago the company submitted an application to Rospatent for registration of the Gourmet trademark in the category “media. Now Entertime has a priority certificate issued prior to the certificate of registration, Lenta.ru reports.

The CEO of Entertime, Sergey Klyuchenkov, commented on a new competitor: “The appearance of the resource of the same name ... we assess as a worthy contribution to the development of our brand. And if our colleagues intend to do business on our behalf, we will be happy to meet them in court. ” Commenting on this statement, Matvey Ganapolsky noted: “In this situation, everyone acts as he sees fit.” That his project will generate revenue, he does not exclude: "How things will go."