Posted on Nov 30, 2022
Russian vodka trademark auction gets green light - The Spirits Business
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"The District Court of The Hague rejected a last-minute appeal by the Russian state-owned FKP Sojuzplodoimport, meaning the auction of the Benelux trademarks of 18 Russian state-owned vodka brands will proceed."
Russian vodka trademark auction gets green light - The Spirits Business
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LTC Eugene Chu
..."The Benelux trademarks of 18 Russian state-owned vodka brands, including Stolichnaya, will be live-auctioned on Tuesday 6 December in the Netherlands.
The trademarks were seized by the former Yukos majority shareholders for the ‘illegal, politically motivated expropriation’ of the Russian oil giant in 2003.
GML, Yukos Universal, Hulley Enterprises, and Veteran Petroleum were the majority shareholders of the former Yukos Oil Company.
Around the year 2000, Yukos Oil had risen to become the largest oil company in Russia.
However, after CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky exposed alleged government corruption in 2003, the company claimed it was ‘intentionally bankrupted’ by the Kremlin. Khodorkovsky was sent to prison in Siberia after a trial."...
..."The Benelux trademarks of 18 Russian state-owned vodka brands, including Stolichnaya, will be live-auctioned on Tuesday 6 December in the Netherlands.
The trademarks were seized by the former Yukos majority shareholders for the ‘illegal, politically motivated expropriation’ of the Russian oil giant in 2003.
GML, Yukos Universal, Hulley Enterprises, and Veteran Petroleum were the majority shareholders of the former Yukos Oil Company.
Around the year 2000, Yukos Oil had risen to become the largest oil company in Russia.
However, after CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky exposed alleged government corruption in 2003, the company claimed it was ‘intentionally bankrupted’ by the Kremlin. Khodorkovsky was sent to prison in Siberia after a trial."...
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