Is there a domain in RuNet raiding?

Company Avto.ru, which owns the domain name www.auto.ru, decided to select a domain www.avto.ru from its competitors - "Group of Companies Avto.ru. It was assumed that the judge will be on the plaintiff because Ltd. Avto.ru was registered before the defendant. The case was heard by the Arbitration Court of Moscow. Both projects - Auto.ru and Avto.ru - are among the leading information resource automotive subjects in RuNet. Plaintiff - LLC Avto.ru "(www.auto.ru) - requested to stop using the company name and damages in the amount of 500 thousand rubles. Representatives of the plaintiff based their claim on the fact that the LLC Avto.ru "as a legal entity registered earlier than the" Group of Companies Avto.ru. "They also found that Rospatent made the decision to grant legal protection to a trademark" author ", a request for registration is filed Ltd. Avto.ru. "represent the legal interests of the defendant company Senechal." specialists "seneschal" the court drew attention to the fact that the plaintiff did not have exclusive rights to the brand name, since brand name is not specified in the Charter of the plaintiff and write about it was not brought into the state register (Incorporation). In addition, lawyers 'Seneschal' pointed out that the name of the plaintiff consists of the characters "Auto" and. "RU" which describe the kind of company, namely the scope of vehicles in the network Internet and therefore can not be protected as a brand name. As a result, the court ruled in favor of the defendant, "Group Avto.ru. The company has retained the right to use the name of a legal entity, and the claim for damages the court dismissed. Representatives of the law firm Senechal, "warned of the possibility of similar action by the company" Avto.ru "to owners of other internet projects in domain names that include the designation of" Authors "." It can be concluded that the company "Avto.ru" intends to make claims prohibiting the use of not only the brand name, but also the trademark of many members of the Internet market information about motor vehicles, "- said in a press release," Senechal. If the provision of legal protection for a trademark "The author will not be challenged, but such claims company "Avto.ru" will be satisfied, you may receive a ban on the use of the phrase "AUTHOR". Furthermore - if the widespread and actively used in everyday speech the words, concepts and terms will be subject to copyright, the appearance of a new mechanism for non-competitive fight in RuNet . Segment of Internet business is growing even though the global crisis and, consequently, becomes more attractive for all kinds of cybersquatting and abuse of the law - said director general law firm, Senechal, "Paul Shinkarenko. - In connection with what is possible to predict and further develop mechanisms of cybersquatting, raiding and abuse of the right in the web ".