Banks are suing because of the cabbage

In the Russian judicial practice, this has not been: the banks have to defend the right to use the common word in court. The first lawsuit filed Ekaterinburg SKB-Bank, arguing that the bank "Trust" "stole" his trademark - Savoy Cabbage, writes Kommersant. It all started that back in 2006, SKB-Bank has registered the trademark in the Russian Patent, is an "image of savoy cabbage light green, it was her bank and used in their advertising campaigns. However vskroe similar product was used in advertising "Trust" than the first, of course, was not satisfied. In 2010, SKB-Bank filed a lawsuit demanding an end to "advertise" the cabbage and to pay damages of $ 5 million rubles. As a result, on September 6 claim has been satisfied, but in part: the defendant was ordered to pay 300 thousand rubles. and banned from use in advertising similar images. In the SKB-bank "this decision of the court happy. As his representative, told reporters, "the Bank's aim was not to earn, and to defend their exclusive rights." But in the "Trust" questions, not only to the court, but also to the very registration of the mark. The right of a cabbage, which is a product of nature (as well as the rights to his photographs) may not belong to the same entity as the legal person is not its creator, -