Jaguar Land Rover ополчился на продавца детских велосипедов - Известия - JLR fought seller of children's bicycles - Izvestia

Here's the story, which tells of a legal action brought by JLR against Rospatent, the Russian Federation's intellectual property office, over the trade mark FUNNY JAGUAR used by a maker of children's bicycles. The carmaker challenged the grant of the trade mark to an entrepreneur, Alexander Petrov. The Chamber of Patent Disputes thought that Mr Petrov's trade mark was not similar to Jaguar's: "Due to the adjective funny, contested trademark generates associations connected with the image of fun, funny jaguar, while opposed signs have associations with the speed and the election," the board of the Chamber of Patent Disputes concluded. At least, that's how Google Translate has rendered the board's comments, demonstrating typically Russian problems with definite and indefinite articles. How the election became involved is a mystery, and what JLR will think of the obvious inference that their cars aren't fun remains to be seen.



If I can find out more from any of my Russian friends I will let you know.