An application for a trademark no 2016739384 was filed by
Chicago, a Russian beauty parlour from S-Petersburg.
The patent office refused registration arguing that the claimed
designation had a word element, Chicago, which is a geographical
indication, the city of Chicago in the state of Illinois in the
Midwestern region of the United States which may be understood as
the place of manufacture of goods and services. This, however, is
not true because the applicant is resident in S-Petersburg.
The applicant appealed the patent office's decision at the
Chamber of Patent Disputes. The board of the chamber examined the
appeal and noted that the word element Chicago was claimed as part
of the claimed designation where the word combination beauty
parlour is also present. Hence, consumers will perceive it as a
beauty parlour in the first place. At the same time, the services
rendered in beauty parlours are not services which depend on
geographical location. Services
