The Russian punk band 'Pussy Riot' are believed to have just three months to contest a trademark registration that would allow merchandise including lingerie and beachwear to be sold in their name for the benefit of their former attorney's wife, reports The Huffington Post.
'OOO Kinokompania Web-Bio' is a film production company owned by Natalia Kharitonova, the wife of the band's former lawyer.
The company filed an application at the Intellectual Property Office on 28 December 2012 to trademark the name 'Pussy Riot' in the marketing of various products.
Huff Post UK reports that this is the second such application by Ms Kharitonova's firm; the first was made last September and is a far wider application for goods including fireworks, condoms and alcoholic beverages.
The band Pussy Riot soared to international notoriety in February 2012 after they staged a performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. They were able to remain in the Church until evening, by which time the performance had become a music video, entitled 'Punk Prayer Mother-of-God, Chase Putin Away'.
Three members of the band involved in the Church incident were subsequently arrested for hooliganism and were tried and convicted in August to two years' imprisonment. One has since had her sentence suspended, but the other two remain in prison camps.
In October, the band announced that it had parted company with lawyer Mark Feygin. Shortly after, Ms Kharitonova's company made its first trademark application to Rospatent, the Russian trademark body. The application was rejected.
Now the UK application has been made the band will have three months to contest the matter. Disputes such as this may then be appealed up to the High Court, a costly process that the band will need to fund.
Karen Fong is a partner at law firm Rouse.
"The outcome of this dispute will ultimately come down to money. The band will need to be bank-rolled by somebody to fight this," she told Huff Post UK in an interview.
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Pussy Riot Faces UK Legal Fight For Right To Branded Lingerie, Clothing, Music Devices And Merchandise (The Huffington Post)
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