RITZ HOTEL IN YEREVAN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WORLD-RENOWNED BRAND AND MUST BE RENAMED INTO RITZAR WITHIN 10 DAYS

ArmInfo
2008-07-16 19:09:00

The Ritz Hotel in Yerevan must be renamed into Ritzar within 10 days,
says the State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition.

The chairman of the commission Ashot Shahnazaryan says that Manukyan
and Colleagues Ltd, which represents the interests of The Ritz Hotel
Ltd (UK) in the field of protection of intellectual property, has
complained to the Commission about violation of copyright.

The hotel is situated on Myasnikyan Avenue in Yerevan and belongs to
Ani-Rom company.

In 2007 the Intellectual Property Agency of the Ministry of Economy
of Armenia registered the trade mark "Ritz" as belonging to The Ritz
Hotel Ltd for 10 years.

Ani-ROM has promised to rename Ritz Hotel into Ritzar Hotel within
the specified period.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress