Gazprom Neft decided to register the “One of Tech” souvenir brand

The application was submitted on November 15 for 12 ICTU promotions. If approved, goods and services in class 9 (small electrical equipment), 14 (jewelry), 16 (office), 18 (handbags and wallets), 21 (thermos), 25 (clothing and footwear), 35 will be protected (advertising), 36 (finance), 38 (Internet), 41 (training), 42 (scientific work), 45. (social networks).

“Normally, this set of classes is offered for souvenirs and promotional items,” Olga Bondareva, founder of the Isibrand patent office, patent attorney No. 2104, explained to RB.RU.

In addition to this application, Gazprom Neft also submitted applications to register the trademark of the “EnergoTechnofest” festival (for startups, investors and companies), the IT testing ground, “Widget” and some others verbally related to high technology.

Gazprom Neft did not respond to RB.RU’s request.

According to Bondareva, when registering a trademark Rospatent may have questions for the company.

“The declared designation is made in three lines in two different languages; Typically, Rospatent practice is such that such objects are not analyzed as a whole, but as separate designations, as a result of which they can be contrasted with other records of individual words. For example, they contain only the words “One of” or “One,” says the patent attorney.

According to Bondareva, these brands or previous applications are already in the Rospatent registry of a part of the ICGS declared by Gazprom Neft.

Furthermore, the verbal element “tech” can be completely excluded from legal protection and included in a trademark as an unprotected element, as a “characterizer of a product, indicating its property, its purpose,” the expert added.

“All of the above can be overcome if the department is convinced of the semantic indivisibility of the declared phrase. Or, if Rospatent still opposes other people’s trademarks, obtain letters of consent for registration from copyright holders of other trademarks,” Bondareva explained.

Gazprom Neft cooperates with VK Tech; In 2023, the company jointly launched a cloud platform to develop IT solutions. The resources of the new platform are also available for developments in the field of artificial intelligence.