MOSCOW, March 13 - RAPSI, Sergei Feklyunin. The Moscow Commercial Court will hear on April 3 the Hong-Kong-based Fusion Technics' lawsuit to terminate the legal protection of the Casio trademark in Russia.

Casio trademark is owned by the Japanese Casio Keisanki Kabushiki Kaisha, also known as Casio Computer Co. Fusion Technics requested the Russian patent service (Rospatent) in January 2011 to terminate trademarks legal protection as the owner did not use it for the past three years.

The plaintiff sought to cancel the trademark for a wide range of products, including tape recorders, CD recorders, PCs and accessories, and telephones.

Fusion Technics explained in its claim that it plans to produce these goods under the same trademark.

The patent watchdog agreed with the plaintiff's arguments, but kept Casio Keisanki Kabushiki Kaishas rights to own the brand for calculators, projectors, cameras, adapters and electronic translating devices.

Rospatent passed its decision in June 2011. However, Fusion Technics challenged it in the commercial court.