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19.10.04, 17:18
Tym razem nie chodzi o technikę. W Rosji toczy się proces o to, czy Ludowóz
może tam sprzedawać Phaetona pod nazwą Phaeton. Chodzi o to, że w rodzinnym
mieście byłego agenta KGB, który od kilku lat sprawuje urząd prezydenta ZSRR
działa firma o rdzennie rosyjskiej nazwie Phaeton, co pewnie pisane w
cyrylicy wygląda inaczej. Cały ten szum o około 50 sztuk tej limuzyny
rocznie, bo tyle jej sprzedano w 2003.
RUSSIA: Volkswagen may have to stop using Phaeton name
19 Oct 2004
Source: just-auto.com editorial team
Volkswagen may stop selling limousines under the Phaeton brand in Russia,
Kommersant business daily reported.
On Tuesday the Moscow Arbitration Court is considering the claim of Russia's
St. Petersburg-based company Phaeton, which wants Volkswagen to stop sales of
Phaeton limousines in Russia and to pay five million rubles in compensation
for illegal use of the trademark, Kommersant said.
But according to Volkswagen's lawyer Yulianna Tabastayeva, the court is not
to make a final decision on the claim Tuesday, Kommersant said.
Tabastayeva said that Russia’s Phaeton company is unlikely to win the case,
adding that this year the company had already lost its right to use the
Phaeton brand for cars twice because it did not use it.
She also said that there is no final rejection from the Russian patent agency
Rospatent to register the trademark in Russia for Volkswagen.
But earlier the arbitration court of St. Petersburg upheld similar claims
made by Russia’s Sigma Motors against Volkswagen's dealer in St Petersburg.
Then the company was not allowed to sell Phaeton limousines in St Petersburg,
Kommersant said.
In 2001, Volkswagen submitted a request for registration of the international
Phaeton trademark to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In
2003, Volkswagen received a preliminary refusal from Rospatent to register
the trademark in Russia for the company.
In 2003, the company sold 6,052 cars in Russia, including 51 Phaeton
limousines.
Despite Phaeton cars accounting for a relatively small proportion of the
company's Russian sales, Volkswagen considers the presence of such cars in
Russia important for its image, Kommersant said.
Russia's Phaeton company has owned the Phaeton trademark since 1995 for a
number of goods and services including cars.