The Directorate reported how much money was spent on registering "Tsarevich" and "Vyatsky Kingdom."

      We would like to remind you that earlier Newsler.ru requested a comment from the Events Organization Directorate regarding brands registered by Rospatent, which was communicated to the regional government. Specifically, we wanted to find out the registration costs for each trademark, as well as who and how they will be used.

      The funds for "Tsarevich" were collected by the Directorate

      The Events Organization Directorate responded that the registration of both trademarks was carried out at the Directorate’s own expense. “The state fee for trademark registration does not depend on the number of categories selected within each class of goods or services. Moreover, applications for registration were submitted electronically, and a 30% discount was provided for fees paid when applying to Rospatent electronically. Thus, payments for each trademark amounted to 216,500 rubles (30,450 rubles for application registration, 85,050 rubles for examination of the designation, 98,000 rubles for trademark registration, and 3,000 rubles for issuing the trademark certificate),” the Directorate explained.

      Furthermore, the department noted that the trademark registration was not aimed at generating profit. The trademarks will be provided free of charge for purposes such as branding localization, attracting tourists to the Kirov region, and developing interest in regional products.

      All classifications during the registration of the trademarks "Rodina Ivana Tsarevicha" and "3D Vyatskoye Tsarstvo" were indicated to prevent their use on products of intimate, ritual, or other sensitive nature, and to facilitate control over the use of these marks among entrepreneurs and other users. The registration will allow understanding the volume of goods, works, and services produced in the Kirov region, their distribution to other Russian regions and abroad, the region’s recognizability, and the attraction of tourists to the Kirov region,” the Directorate said.

      They also noted that they plan to start accepting applications from entrepreneurs for the use of these trademarks from August 1 of this year.