AK-47 Maker Kalashnikov Applies to Register AK-47 Trademark World
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The Russian manufacturer of Kalashnikov assault rifles has applied to register a word trademark of the world’s best-known weapon, the AK-47, including for toys. The Kalashnikov Concern has filed an application “for registration of a word trademark of AK-47 including for goods of 28 class under the International Classification of Goods and Services,” the documents read.
Under the classification, established by the Nice Agreement of 1957, the goods of 28 class are games and toys, gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes and decorations for Christmas trees. This, according to TASS news agency report.
The intellectual property rights court has rejected another claim of Kalashnikov Concern against M T Kalashnikov firm, owned by the relatives of late designer of Russia’s famed assault rifle, on suspending the legal protection for the “image of a rifle with AK-47 marking.”
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The company earlier this month launched a major re-branding drive of the rifles, popular with terrorists and national armies in Asia and Africa. This, according to a report in NDTV.
The Siberian weapons maker paid more than USD 380,000 for the re-branding campaign that included a new logo “CK” written in black and red and melded into a single block. The logo stands for Kalashnikov Concern [in Russian].
The Kalashnikov, or AK-47, is one of the world’s most recognizable weapons. The gun is relatively cheap as well as easy to manufacture and maintain, contributing to its popularity with terrorists and national armies in Asia and Africa. More than 100 million Kalashnikov rifles have been believed to be sold worldwide.
