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| | LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION "On Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin of Goods" |
 | | The signs, identical or confusingly similar to appellations of origin of goods, protected under the Law, except for the cases where these signs are incorporated as non-protected elements into trademarks, registered in the name of persons having the right to use such appellations, shall not be registered as trademarks in respect of any goods. |
 | | Before taking an action on the results of examination of the appellation, a notification may be sent to an applicant with the results of checking the compliance of the appellation with the requirements set forth by Article 30 of this Law with a proposal to adduce his arguments for the motives given in the notification. |
 | | An appellation of origin shall be considered as used if it is affixed to goods, labels and their packages, in advertising, in leaflets, invoices, forms, and other documents having to do with commercial introduction of goods. |
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