PUTIN TAKING REVENGE ON PEPPA PIG: An incredible decision was made after the British sanctions due to the invasion of Ukraine
IZVOR: Republika - 16.03.2022 | 11:41
Russia has decided to sanction Peppa Pig as revenge for the British sanctions imposed on the occasion of the war in Ukraine.
The incredible move came after the court ruled that the trademarks of world-famous figures could be belittled and used for any other purpose in retaliation for British sanctions against Moscow.
The verdict was passed by Judge Andrei Slavinsky in a provincial arbitration court in Kirov, a city in western Russia.
The move is seen as the first step in paving the way for the mass abuse of Western trademarks and copyrights. Slavinsky claimed that “restrictive” political and economic sanctions from the West allowed the court to refuse infringement claims brought forward by Entertainment One UK Ltd., mirror.co.uk writes.
The court ruling links the Peppa Pig infringement claim to "unfriendly actions of the United States of America and affiliated foreign countries”, according to legal documents from the Kirov case.
Sanctions against Russia allow the court not to protect the UK company’s trademark rights, said the judge amid suspicion the case has been seized on by the authorities in Moscow as a weapon against Western sanctions.