Federal Law No. 166-FZ introducing amendments and addenda to the Law No. 3520-I on trademarks, identification symbols and certification of the place of origin of commodities.

Subject

Food & nutrition

Keyword

Traceability/product tracing Registration Intellectual property rights/patents

Geographical area

CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe

Entry into force notes

The Federal Law enters into force from the date of its official publication.

Abstract

Article 1 acquires a new wording: “Trademark and identification symbol are designations serving for identification of commodities”. Article 4 acquires a new wording: “The owner of trademark has the right of use thereof and has the rights to prohibit its use by other persons. No one can use trademark protected in the Russian Federation without prior consent of the owner”. In the Article 10 the wording “Patent Department” must be substituted with the wording “Federal Executive Body on Intellectual

Full text

Russian

Website

www.vcom.ru

References - Legislation

Amends

Law No. 3520-I on trademarks, identification symbols and certification of the place of origin of commodities.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 1992

Keyword: Traceability/product tracing, Registration, Intellectual property rights/patents

Source: FAO, FAOLEX