REPORTER IRINA AROYAN CAN BECOME OWNER OF "PHILIPP KIRKOROV" BRAND

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.06.2007 18:07 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Dok.Finance company has issued an application for
registration of "Kirkorov" brand. If the application is complied the
well-known artist will be deprived of the right to use his last name
for earning income.

Dok.Finance company, member of Dok.Group network, has issued an
application for registration of "Kirkorov" brand. If the application
is complied the well-known artist will be deprived of the right to
use his last name for earning income. As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter
came to know from the Dok.Group press office, the brand and service
symbol are meant for individualization of goods, works or services of
juridical or natural persons. Fearing that the names of the famous
show business figures will be used without their consent by various
companies, the "owners" of the names register them as brands, thus
receiving a juridical shield.

"Philipp Kirkorov" brand was registered October 18, 1998 by "Alla"
privately owned enterprise controlled by Alla Pugacheva. The brand
registration expired February 4, 2007. Although it still functioning,
according to the e-base of the federal service of intellectual
property, patents and brands.

Proceeding from all above mentioned, you can make one conclusion: any
moment any person can file an application to the chamber of patent
disputes (a body at the federal service on intellectual property,
patents and brands) on pre-term suspension of legal protection of
"Alla Pugacheva" brand due to its disuse. After the chamber decides to
suspend legal protection of the given brand and with written consent of
Alla Borisovna’s namesake, you can easily address the above mentioned
federal service and register "Pugacheva" brand.

Meanwhile, Dok.Finance company representative, Alexander Kalugin told
a PanARMENIAN.Net that after a year the right of brand ownership may
be suspended.

It’s not excluded that "Philipp Kirkorov" brand will be conveyed to
reporter Irina Aroyan, as a person "who suffered from Philipp Kirkorov
most of all."

During a news conference in 2004 Philipp Kirkorov insulted Irina
Aroyan, who asked the singer about the great number of remakes in
his repertoire. "You are a boor," said the reporter and left the
room. However, the singer’s bodyguards pounced on the woman and closed
her mouth. They took her camera and dictaphone and tried to break them.