Russia permits similar import of well-known toys

2022-11-03 05:08:39

(MENAFN) The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade stated on Wednesday that goods of some of the most well-known US brands – Marvel, Disney Pixar, and DC Comics – have been approved for parallel import.

This shows they can today be vended in Russia without the trademark owners’ approval, along with other products on the ministry’s registry, within the Western bans against Russia.

“The list has been supplemented with brands of automotive spare parts, chemical industry products, toys, and other goods. Thus, it will now be possible to supply products of Marvel, Disney Pixar, DC Comics and other brands through parallel imports,” the ministry stated.

Later on Wednesday, Aleksey Voronkov, the chief of the Association of Cinema Owners, explained that similar imports do not yet apply to US production businesses’ films and cartoons.

“The parallel imports registry now primarily covers goods and legally cannot yet apply to the rights on audio-visual content,” he updated TASS news outlet.

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