PRESS SERVICE STATEMENT
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
OAO LUKOIL Press Service reports that the Patent Disputes Chamber Board under the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent) has declared legal protection of LUXOIL trademarks invalid.
In addition to that, the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation has found that LUXOIL trademark is associated by consumers with the trademarks registered by OAO LUKOIL and is similar to them to the point of confusion.
