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A Trade Mark in Russia can be officially recognised as well-known by registration to the Federal Agency of
Intellectual Property (Rospatent) for the status. Applications can
include registered Trade Marks and unregistered well-known
marks.
The first well-known Trade Mark ИЗВЕСТИЯ
(IZVESTIYA in Cyrillic) was registered on 7 April 2000, more than
20 years ago, for a very famous newspaper in Russia. However,
registration of this type of trade mark is quite significant and a
lot of particular evidence is required. At the date of this
article, there are only 214 well-known trade marks in Russia.