24.07.04.

Appeal of the Roerich-followers
from the Commonwealth of the Independent States
to foreign Roerich-followers

Dear followers of the Roerich family in Europe and America!
Dear friends!
Dear brothers and sisters in spirit!

The followers of the Roerich family from the Commonwealth of the Independent States appeal to you.
After the registration of the sacred sign of the Banner of Peace as a trademark by the International Roerich Center (IRC), Moscow, and its consequent use of the patent to silence the disagreeing organizations, the IRC is now trying to register the sacred name of the Mother of Agni Yoga - Urusvati - as its own trademark. The ICR has already filed a request to the Central Russian Patents Agency in order to do so.

In winter 2002-2003, when we learned that the Banner of Peace sign was being registered as a trademark, a lot of letters were written to the Russian Patent Agency demanding to cancel the registration. But our requests, and appeals had no effect.

Now we are turning to you, our foreign friends, with the request to help us cancel the registration of the Banner of Peace sign as a trademark and stop the registration of the word "Urusvati" as a trademark of the ICR. The only organization that is able to challenge the decision of the Russian Patent Agency is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Our previous attempts have shown that simple letters are not enough. We kindly ask you to hire a qualified lawyer who would be able to initiate and win a lawsuit against the decision of the Russian Patent Agency. We are ready to provide you with all the collected by us information about the worldwide status of the Banner of Peace sign and the historical origin of the word "Urusvati" at any time.

We hope for your cordial help! We are the one united family because we have the same Mother - Mother of Agni Yoga - Urusvati!

Signatures (in alphabetical order):

Societies
• The Georgian Roerich-Society "Roerich. Mother the World ", 200 members, chairman Tamaz Tavadze, city Tbilisi, Georgia.
• Society of Alive Ethics, 12 members, chairman Vladimir Efimchuk, city Volgshskij, the Volgograd region, Russia.
• Public Women's movement "Ozetshanka", chairman Knyazev Lybov, city Ozersk, Russia.
• The Roerich-Society of the city Ozersk, chairman Gonibesov Helena, city Ozersk, Russia.

Private persons
• Balahonov Pavel, Mezhdurechensk, Russia.
• Borodin Jury, Kemerovo, Russia.
• Brosin Alexander, Dubna, Russia.
• Busel Anna, Zheleznodorozhnyj, Russia.
• Vasina Irina, Moscow, Russia.
• Gatis Kalnins, Valmiera, Latvia.
• Kalentjev Victor, Zavolzhe, Russia.
• Kosov Lydia, Kemerovo, Russia.
• Kyshlar Roman, Kishinev, Republic Moldova.
• Subbotin Gennady, Kemerovo, Russia.
• Tlostanova Asiat, Majkop, Adygea, Russia.
• Fokina Natalia, Tbilisi, Georgia.
• Shvets Jury, Donetsk, Ukraine.

The Roerich-followers of the countries CIS support
• Dostal Sofia, Vienna, Austria.
• Zandi Naazimm, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Luft Andrey, Rostock, Germany.
• Melkoumian Feliks, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

The copy of the Appeal has been sent on August 15 this year to the following societies
• "Agni Yoga Society"
• "New York Roerich Museum"
• "Sociedad Hispanoamericana de Agni Yoga"
• "AUMM - The Asociacion Unidad Mundial de la Mujer"
• "Frank Perry.Co.UK"
• "Frieden durch Kultur Europa e.V."
• "Nicholas Roerich-Projekt"
• "Association Agni yoga"
• "Agni Yoga Hellas"
• "Comunita di Etica Vivente di Citta della Pieve"
• "Agni Yoga Nederland"
• "Sociedad Agni-Yoga Hispana"
• "Asociacion Darjeeling Agni ROERICH (museo Roerich for la paz y la cultura)"
• "Instituto Nicholas Roerich"

 

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