Trademark President registered for animal and fish feed
Even the word "Internet" has been registered as a trademark in several variations.
The Academy of Sciences has registered the trademark "Belka" for... alcohol. However, you can find no "academic" vodka "Belka" in shops now.
Screenshot from the website belgospatent.org.by
The trademark "Belka" can be used by the Academy of Sciences for the production of stationery, clothes, footwear, mineral water and for scientific services...
Vodka resembling the trademark "Belka" is produced in Russia. Photo from the website fototelegraf.ru
Searching through the data base on the website of the National Centre of Intellectual Property, we tried to find some other popular words registered as trademarks in Belarus.
The trademark "President" is used for alcohol and import-export services...
A Taiwanese company registered the trademark President for animal, fish and shrimp feed, instant noodles, juice and soy milk.
A trademark should go through a number of tests. Your brand may be rejected if it has already been registered or does not correspond to ethic norms . For example, if you decide to give the name "Vitamin" to cigarettes.
Euroradio has even found the word ..."Internet" in the data base of the National Centre of Intellectual Property.