Maxim Ali has commented on the Monopoly umbrella brand controversy with Rospatent

The Monopoly Group, which is developing several projects in the cargo transportation sector, has challenged Rospatent’s refusal to register the trademarks «МОНОПОЛИЯ.Грузы» (MONOPOLIA.Cargo), «МОНОПОЛИЯ.Сервис» (MONOPOLIA.Service), «МОНОПОЛИЯ.Почта» (MONOPOLIA.Mail) in the Intellectual Property Rights Court, as well as Rospatent’s failure to register similarly spelled trademarks.

As Maxim Ali, Partner and Head of IP/IT practice at Maxima Legal, explained to  Delovoy Peterburg newspaper, “it is normal when there is an umbrella brand and sub-brands. They can identify both individual businesses and services that the parent company wants to make more recognisable”. Also, the expert pointed out that previously Monopoly sought registration of trademarks, using letters of consent from the rightful owner of “senior” similar designations, but now has not received them.

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