This article first appeared in TLR Trademarks Second Edition
by Law Business Research Ltd. To view the issue in full, please go
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I OVERVIEW
The Russian Civil Code defines a trademark as a sign that serves
to individualise goods and services of legal entities and
entrepreneurs. In other words, a trademark is a sign that is
capable of distinguishing goods and services of one legal entity or
entrepreneur from another legal entity or entrepreneur. Russian
legislature provides that any designations – including but
not limited to verbal, pictorial, combined, three-dimensional signs
and other designations or their combinations – may be
registered as trademarks. A trademark may be registered in any
colour or colour combination, or just black-and-white. Sound and
animation marks can also be registered. There is no relevant
legislation nor sufficient practice regarding olfactory marks.
