Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Trademarked Chocolate of Kazakhstan

I've been a very bad blogger lately. I apologize. However, things have been very busy for both the PTRC and other aspects of my job, so I hope you'll forgive me in the interest of enjoying the fruits of those labors.

Meanwhile, here's a post I've been planning for some time but just haven't gotten around to composing.

A Kelley Center student worker from Kazakhstan visited home over summer break and returned with a gift for my boss and I: a national chocolate bar.  It was extremely delicious and unfortunately has not reproduced itself.

As I was eating it, I happened to notice that it had a trademarked name, and that piqued my interest. After all, I know nothing about trademarks from Kazakhstan! And it's always fun to look up a trademark, especially for a particularly attractive design. The striking packaging is based on the country's flag.

Chocolate of Kazakhstan! Famous and delicious

The brand appears to be Paxat, and I'd like to find a registration for this specific appearance--the font and oval around it. 

Detail of the brand logo and some other regulatory stuff
I'd also like to try and find something that matches some of these other decorative elements, since they have a registration mark next to them; but I am uncertain if they are just for the name that included or the whole image.
This design motif is one of the parts based on the flag of Kazakhstan, along with the sun and eagle
I found two registrations that appear to match, but neither of them are for a logo or image, just a brand name. Also, one is entirely in Russian and I can't read it, so I must be forced to assume that it matches... It is the right name and is from Kazakhstan, so it seems legit. The other is in English, partially, and has some unrelated goods and services, but it does include among them candies. 

I made a point to look up the Article 6ter Kazakhstan entries--those are basically indicators for states. Read more about them here. For your reference, here's a screenshot of the entry in the 6ter database for the flag:

Article 6ter Database results
Think you can do a better job of finding the trademark? I used WIPO's Global Brand Database. Let me know if you have more success and what you used to find your info!