Suppression of counterfeit

Specialists of the Law Firm "Gorodissky and Partners" ensured the protection of IP rights of their client - the right holder of the trademarks "MacCoffee".

The Dzerzhinsky District Court of Novosibirsk completed the consideration of a criminal case related to the actions of an organized group for the production and sale of counterfeit MacCoffee coffee in Novosibirsk, and sentenced all 6 defendants guilty of the crime provided for by part 4 Article 180 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for unlawful use of another's trademark. During the consideration of this criminal case, which lasted more than 10 months, the court found that all the defendants were members of an organized criminal group, led by the defendant N.Zykov. As the organizer of the group N.Zykov sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two years on probation for a period of two years. The remaining members of the criminal group received a sentence of imprisonment for a term of one to one and a half years also conditionally.