Appeal granted in Stolichnaya vodka trademark battle
By Lauren Croft|25 May 2021
A long-running battle for several Russian trademarks continues as a permanent stay order given in 2019 was revoked last week.
The case has had proceedings in Australian courts since 2004 and involves a cross-claim between by Russian state-owned entity Federal Treasury Enterprise Sojuzplodoimport (FKP) and SPI Group – which owns Spirits International B.V. that produces both the Stolichnaya and Moskovskaya vodka brands in Australia. Both parties are claiming ownership of both trademarks, among others.
In November 2019, the case was given a permanent stay order for the cross-claim, which Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, which represent FKP, appealed. Last week, the court ordered that the appeal be allowed and the previous stay order revoked.
How COVID-19 is changing the future of work
By Alison Hill|25 May 2021
With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing around the world and vaccines still being rolled out, our ideas of work and how work is done have seismically shifted. Where it was previously considered “suboptimal” to work away from an office, we are now seeing well-known companies globally committed to a hybrid approach into the future, writes Alison Hill.
Remote work, flexible work practices, and the ability to work on the go are not new approaches.
They have been a part of the way we work for decades, allowing individuals with a range of requirements to access work in a way that works for them. In the vast majority of cases though these flexible work policies served for occasional scenarios on a short-term basis. Across the course of the past 12 months we are now seeing well-known companies re-evaluated a more permanent approach and globally committing to a hybrid approach into the future.