The Oktyabrskiy District Court of Novorossiysk ruled in favor of Sojuzpatent’s client, Hasbro Inc. (USA), in an administrative offense case against an importer of counterfeit goods after a customs seizure of the infringing goods.
After receiving notification from the Customs post in Rostov, Hasbro Inc. filed a petition to bring the importer to administrative liability for importing infringing goods containing illegal reproduction of the characters of animated series “My Little Pony – Friendship is magic” protected by copyright owned by Hasbro. The customs seized the infringing goods on the grounds of Hasbro’s petition and filed a lawsuit.
Having considered the case, the court satisfied the claims in full and brought the importer of the counterfeit goods to administrative liability under part 1 of Article 7/12 of the Russian Administrative Offenses Code with an administrative fee and confiscation of the infringing goods with illegal reproduction of the characters of animated series.