April 2022. The events in the Ukraine are widely discussed
everywhere. In the meantime, life of intellectual property and its
enforcement continues.
On April 27, 2022, commercial court in the Russian Far East
handed down a judgment against the infringer. It bore a telling
name, "Beatles Ltd." It has nothing to do with music so
even the name may be considered as bad faith, though not
punishable.
The infringer imported seven packs of playing cards. In some of
which there was an image and a designation POKEMON owned by
Nintendo Co. Ltd. The cards were manufactured by Jiangsu Jinianpin,
a Chinese company.
The customs detained the goods and initiated an administrative
case. The respondent submitted a written response to the suit. He
counterpleaded explaining that the country (Japan) where the
trademark is registered is included in the list of countries taking
unfriendly measures against Russia. According to the infringer,
since Japan is an unfriendly country and the
