OAO LUKOIL Press Service reports that the Patent Disputes
Chamber Board under the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and
Trademarks (Rospatent) has declared legal protection of LUXOIL trademarks
invalid.
In
addition to that, the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation has
found that LUXOIL trademark is associated by consumers with the trademarks
registered by OAO LUKOIL and is similar to them to the point of
confusion.