Apple will receive Russian sellers of counterfeit domains "apple" technology

"Apple," the company won its first victory in a Moscow court on charges of violation of trademark rights. Apple representatives entered into a settlement agreement with the administrator of the online store and get apl-msk.ru domains belonging to the defendant, "Kommersant".

According to the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court, the administrator apl-msk.ru Ivan Nemkin give Apple a set of domains associated with the company. We are talking about domains apl-msk.ru, apples-msk.ru, apple-msk.ru, apple.msk.ru, applemsk.ru, apples.msk.ru, applesmsk.ru, which have been registered by the respondent for business purposes. These sites are redirecting visitors to the online store that sells Apple products. Ivan Nemkin fully admitted his guilt and agreed to transfer the company's domains, and that in response renounced recovery of compensation in the amount of 1 million rubles.

According to the case file, in turn owned several domains Ltd., which monitor the implementation of the "gray» Apple products. Counterfeit goods sold in the capital and other cities of Russia.

September 2 Apple held its consideration of another lawsuit against illegal sellers iPhone and iPad. The company claims to the defendants, the owners apl-msk.ru, 15,5 million rubles for the illegal use of trademarks of the American corporation. We are talking about the name of the product and the pictures posted on the site, printed on receipts and advertising banners.

At the moment, the word apple is used in more than 400 Internet sites registered online stores for the sale of products "apple" of the company. According to «INFOLine-analysts," the total turnover of these companies may reach 15-20 billion rubles in 2015. In turn, Apple representative in Russia, OOO "Apple Rus" in 2013 earned 48.5 billion rubles.