However, such licence agreements may be declared invalid. In these conditions we recommend the licence agreement be drafted in such a form that it will meet the registration requirements. According to Russian law, a trade mark may be contractually assigned by its owner to a natural person or legal entity for either all or some of the goods in respect of which it is registered. It should be noted that the assignment will not be registered if it would be liable to mislead the consumer regarding the product or the manufacturer thereof. The agreement for the assignment of a trade mark shall be registered at the Patent Office in order to be valid.
Unregistered assignments are invalid.
Unlike for licences, pending trade mark applications may be assigned. Registration requirements for licence agreements are generally applicable also for registering assignment agreements. All rights reserved.