Last month the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine ruled against a
local company named Rehau Manufacturing Company for registering and
using a company name and domain name confusingly similar to that of
its competitor — Rehau's Ukrainian branch Rehau
Ukraine.
In December 2015, Rehau Ukraine filed an unfair competition
claim based on prior trademark rights. The companies are both based
in Kyiv, have the word
"Рехау" (Rehau in Cyrillic)
in their names, and are competitors in the field of production and
sale of PVC windows.
Rehau Manufacturing Company, owned by two individuals, was
established and registered in 2015, while Rehau Ukraine was founded
in 2002 and owns various Rehau trademarks in Ukraine, which were
granted protection prior to 2015.
