The analysis of the Russian legal literature allowed the author to make an assumption that the Russian lawyers are too constrained in the use, alongside with the terms “trade mark” and “service mark”, of other terms indicating the varieties of such marks (“trade mark”, “service mark”, “production mark” etc). This is the consequence of the widespread assertion that only terms “trade mark” and “service mark” are appropriate for the use, as opposed to other, “illegitimate” terms. Based on the study of the domestic legislation evolution in the field of regulation of relations concerning trade marks and service marks, the author concludes that the meaning of the terms used in the legislation during various stages of its development was frequently misrepresented, because doctrinal developments (both domestic and foreign) were not employed. In conclusion of the study the author elicits that the refusal from the use of the terms in question, as well as from a detailed classification of the marks applied to goods and services, impoverishes the domestic doctrine, which needs correction.
Trade mark, service mark.
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