A North Korean manufacturer of soaps and feminine hygiene products is making plans to enter the Russian market, official records show, though experts expressed doubt that the DPRK’s ongoing push to win the hearts of Russian consumers will bear fruit. The Pyongyang-based Ryongaksan Soap Factory presented its logo in a formal trademark application on June 26 in the region of Tatarstan, according to Rospatent.
The powder is killer.North Korea registered a trademark with the United Nations for a hotel that sits within a $35 million ski resort — a pet project of Kim Jong Un that’s now part
Name and address of the holder of the registration
MASIKRYONG HOTEL
Ryongjo Worker’s District,
Wonsan
Kangwon Province (KP)
Contracting State or Contracting Organization in the territory of which the holder has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment
KP
Name and address of the representative
Samcholli Trademark Agency
Waesongdong,
Central District
Pyongyang (KP)
Description of the mark
The mark consists of the stylized representation of a skier running on the track and the three Korean characters whose transliteration is MaSikRyong
Transliteration of the mark
MASIKRYONG.
International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification) – NCL(11-2020)
32 Non-alcoholic beverages; waters [beverages].
33 Alcoholic beverages except beers.
35 Commercial services.
The hermit kingdom registered three trademarks with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), two of which were of the Ryukyung Kimchi Factory and the Pyongyang Bag Factory.
北朝鮮の商標はWIPOに出されていますが、概ねフランス語で提出されています。2017年11月現在61件の登録があります。中国(CN)やロシア(RU)を指定国としているものが多いですが、中にはGB, SE、BX, DE, FRを指定しているものもあります。記事の商標の1つは、新しい柳京キムチ工場で生産されている中国、ロシア輸出用のキムチの商標で、次の商標登録のようです。(North Korean Trademark)
Name and address of the holder of the registration
Fabrique de Kimchi Rhyukyong
Commune de Misan 2,
arrondissement de Taesong
Pyongyang (KP)
KP
Name and address of the representative
Agence des marques de Samcholli
P.O. Box 11,
Commune de Ponghak,
Arrondissement de Phyongchon
Pyongyang (KP)