Amended the Civil Code in that Civil Code softens requirements regarding refusal of trademark registration and disposal of same

Federal law 143-ФЗ was enacted on May 28, 2022. It makes it easier to register a trademark identical or confusingly similar to geographical indications or appellations of origin. The law allows to register a trademark in respect of goods not similar to those under GI or appellation of origin. The basic condition is that the consumer should not associate the trademark with GI or appellation of origin.

Also, amendments forbid assignment and licensing of a trademark similar to GI or appellation of origin to a person who has no right to use that GI or appellation of origin.

The law will come in force on May 29, 2023