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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Apple and Pear Australia Limited (APAL) withdrew from the Russian Intellectual Property Court (IPC) a statement challenging the registration of Lady Crimea trademark in the name of the Russian Crimean Fruit Company.

On Wednesday, the IPC terminated proceedings on the case, since the day before an application to waive the requirement was received from the claimant. The reasons for the waiver were not disclosed in the materials of the court.

In May, APAL disputed the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) decision made on 17 February 2020, which rejected the Australian company's objection to the registration of the Russian brand Lady Crimea. The trademark is in the form of a pink heart with the inscription, Lady Crimea (Ledi Krym in Russian), printed on it. The Crimean Fruit Company registered the brand in 2019.

Meanwhile, APAL owns the Pink Lady brand, protected in more than 100 countries, as reported by the company’s website. In Russia, APAL also has a series of Pink Lady signs, but in 2018 the company applied for the registration of another similar brand - in the form of a pink heart with the Pink Lady inscription on it.

APAL is a national industry body for apple and pear producers that controls the sale of these fruits domestically and abroad.

 

Read more:

https://sputniknews.com/world/202012231081552369-australian-apple-produc...

 

 

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Moscow fully prepared to bury relations with Washington before Biden takes officeWorld  » Americas 

Moscow is not going to initiate any contacts with the transition team of US President-elect Joe Biden, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov said. One can draw certain conclusions from Ryabkov's statements about Moscow's intentions regarding the prospects of relations with the United States.


Читайте больше на https://english.pravda.ru/world/145449-moscow_washington/

 

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German President Steinmeier's Christmas message of hope, solidarity

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier believes we have overcome the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. Solidarity has grown stronger through the crisis, the president said in his Christmas address to the nation.

 

 

Read more:

https://www.dw.com/en/german-president-steinmeiers-christmas-message-of-hope-solidarity/a-56047977

 

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What a year it's been for Boris Johnson. Last Christmas he was still basking in the afterglow of a comprehensive general election victory that delivered a resounding majority for his Conservatives, made all the sweeter by the inroads the Tories made into Labour's heartlands in northern England, tearing into the so-called red wall.

What a difference 12 months can make. For someone who prides himself on his background and knowledge of the classics, he, more than anyone, should know that arrogance and hubris is frowned upon by the deities.

 

Read more:

https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-boris-johnsons-horrible-year/a-56016655

 

The BBC's annual Russell Prize, named after British writer Bertrand Russell, has attracted public attention this year due to its nomination list which includes author J.K. Rowling

The writer behind the Harry Potter series was in the running for her essay on sex and gender that triggered a public furor when it was first released in June. The essay made controversial statements about trans rights and the classification of trans women as women.

In the essay, Rowling opened up about her experience of domestic abuse and sexual assault. She said the rise of trans activism would erase the concept of sex that defines the lives of many women. 

 

Read more:

https://www.dw.com/en/bbc-nominates-jk-rowlings-controversial-essay-on-trans-rights-for-award/a-56014673

 

 

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2020 has marked an important turning point for conversations on race.

The police killing of George Floyd in the US in May, following too many other similar deaths and injustices, sparked protests and renewed a discussion around civil rights and police reform. The devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on lives and livelihoods have disproportionately affected people of color around the world, shining a spotlight on structural economic and social inequalities.

Civil society leaders have stepped up to address these gaps. Yet they continue to face hurdles from philanthropic donors and a funding system that too often creates a power imbalance rather than resolving one. Few frontline workers dare to speak openly about the funding challenges they experience so as not to offend donors, further exacerbating these issues.

As a result, important conversations around equity and inclusion are forced into oblivion, leaving charitable donors to unwittingly perpetuate inequity in the social sector, even as they seek to end it in the wider world.

 

Read more:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/worldeconomicforum/2020/12/21/philanthropy-...

 

landing at donald airport...

Christian Ziegler, a top official with the Republican Party of Florida, suggested a Palm Beach International renaming to Trump International Airport.

As such, it “would be the South Florida gateway for the former president’s adoring fans”, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

A spokeswoman for Palm Beach International told the paper the airport hadn’t been approached about a name change.

South Florida could also figure as the location of a presidential library, reports say.

“We should absolutely be looking at Florida for a presidential library. It would be a fantastic economic generator,” Ziegler said.

The library may be an easier project to accomplish than an airport. Florida a conservative state: check. Its 29 electoral votes went to Trump after he garnered more votes in the state than president-elect Joe Biden.

However Palm Beach went for Biden, who received 56.1 per cent of the popular vote in November’s presidential election. Biden also won Miami-Dade with 53.4 per cent and Broward with 64.6 per cent.

Trump did carry Florida Keys, though, with 53.5 per cent of the popular vote, but Monroe’s little airport isn’t the international mega-site Trump would likely favour.

If he should get an airport, he’d join the ranks of 10 former presidents: Abraham Lincoln (Springfield, Illinois), Theodore Roosevelt (Dickinson, North Dakota), Dwight Eisenhower (Wichita, Kansas), John F. Kennedy (New York), Gerald R. Ford (Grand Rapids, Michigan), George Washington and Ronald Reagan (sharing Virginia’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) and George H.W. Bush (Houston).


Also, in 2012, Adams Field in Little Rock, Arkansas, was renamed Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport.

Jimmy Carter has a regional airport named for him in Georgia. And Barack Obama? Not yet.

 

Read more:

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/us-news/trump-news/2020/12/27/trump-wants-name-on-airport/

 

Your 737 Max-8 with an engine on fire is landing at Trump Airport, Florida — soon under water. Wear your Covid-19 mask and a snorkel...