Trademark 'Kanye West' Filed in Russia
TASS reports that a trademark application for the name of American rapper Kanye West has been submitted to Rospatent.
Consensus
- A trademark application for 'Kanye West' has been submitted to Rospatent.
- The application was filed on August 18, 2025.
- The applicant is Roman Mikhaylovich Maslenkov.
- Maslenkov previously applied to register the trademark 'Dukh Ankorizha'.
- The trademark is intended for use in four international classes: sound recordings, clothing and footwear, digital music sales, and organizing concerts.
- Kanye West is scheduled to perform two concerts in St. Petersburg on October 10 and 11.
- The concerts will take place at Gazprom Arena.
- The applicant is not affiliated with Kanye West.
Points of divergence
- Concert tickets are experiencing technical issues due to website problems on Gazprom Arena's official site. — vm
- Russian artist SHAMAN (Yaroslav Dronov) has declined a joint performance with Kanye West. — vm
- The concert tickets start at 9,000 rubles, with dance floor tickets at 25,000 rubles. — vm
- The application was submitted by a person not connected to the artist. — riam
- The trademark appeared in Rospatent's database on August 21, 2025. — vesti
Coverage (5 sources)
- Application for registration of the trademark 'Kanye West' was submitted to Rospatent — Вечерняя Москва
- Trademark of Kanye West wants to register in Russia. — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- In Russia submitted an application for registration of the trademark Kanye West — РИАМО
- Trademark of Kanye West appeared in Rospatent database — Вести
- In Russia, a trademark for Kanye West may be registered — Москва 24
Key entities
- Rospatent
- Russia
- Kanye West
- TASS
- Kanye West
- Roman Mikhailovich Maslennikov
- Moscow
- RIA Novosti
- Saint Petersburg
- Anchorid Spirit
- TASS/AP Photo/Jordan Strauss