ICR is to register the word Urusvati as a trademark!!! Website Living Ethics in Germany

24.07.04

"Urusvati. It is time to say that this is the name we have given to the star which is irresistibly approaching the Earth. Since long ago it has been the symbol of the Mother of the World, and the Epoch of the Mother of the World must begin at the time of Her star's unprecedented approach to the Earth." (Illumination, 2.4.11)

"Svati, or Urusvati is the planet Venus. This planet is named so in the Great White Brotherhood." (Letter of E.I. Roerich from April, 2, 1936 to R.Ya. Rudzitis)

"Having got a support of the scientists from India, America and Europe, N.K. Roerich on July 29, 1928 being in Sikkim put the beginning of the Himalayan Research Institute operation. The Institute was named Urusvati, that means The Light of the Morning Star." (P.F. Belikov, V.P. Knyazeva)

ICR is to register the word "Urusvati" as a trademark!!!

Yesterday from message to one Russian-language Internet-forums the Roerich Community learned about the intentions of International Center of Roerichs (ICR, Moscow, Director - L.V. Shaposhnikova) to register the word "Urusvati" as a trademark. It will give the personal disposal of this word. This message is given below in full.
Date: 23/07/2004
Time: 17:19
Internet-forums "Grani Epokhi"/("Edges of the Epoch") "Agni Yoga and Theosophy"
Subject: "About registration of the word "Urusvati" by ICR as a trademark"
"On 06.05.2004 г. "ICR" filed a request N. 2004709942 for registration of "Urusvati" as a trademark".
All people who are not agreed with this new action of ICR should appeal against the request until August 6, 2004. The time is short. It is necessary to write to Federal Office of Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks. The address: 123995, Moscow, Berezhkovskaya naberezhnaya, 30, building. 1. The head of the Office: Simonov Boris Petrovich.
Information was received from O.V. Rumyantseva, (State Museum of East, Moscow), phone. +7 095 202 99 84.
There is an article in "Banner of Peace" newspaper about action of ICR (N. 7(131) 2004 г.)
If one takes into account that ICR have registered the "Banner of Peace" sign as a trademark, then there are no doubts about truth of this fact. The fact is that the worldwide spread of "Banner of Peace" sign did not prevent from the official registration, i.e. from giving a State patent allowing personal disposal of the Sign by ICR. It gives a right to forecast that the "Urusvati" word will be privatized successfully by ICR.
The intentions of ICR are clear - the administrative stuff of this organization try to get the new lever of pressure upon the "disagreeable" Roerich organizations. The patent on "Banner of Peace" sign has become such a lever. After registration of "Banner of Peace" sign as a trademark of ICR, this organization sent the "Informational letter of ICR to Roerich organizations" (see Appendixes). In that letter the ICR made clear for the Roerich organizations directly, that the use of "Banner of Peace" (its image) in activity of these organizations "is possible only by permission of the rights holder - International Center of Roerichs". And since the almost part of Roerich organizations uses this Symbol in their emblems, in publications, during public activity and etc. it becomes clear that all Roerich organizations became dependent on the "rights holder". If one thinks that our team exaggerates too mach then - there is a fact supporting our suppositions. It is a judicial persecution of Byelorussian Roerich Foundation (BFR), whose activity diverges with the ICR point of view. The concrete charges are given in "Resolution about revocation of permission on use the "Banner of Peace" sign and honorary names of Roerichs by Byelorussian Roerich Foundation (BFR)" signed by Secretary of ICR Executive Council I.V. Orlovskaya. (See Appendix 2).
The case with BFR have shown to all followers of the Roerichs that ICR is hardly intended to strengthen it's own way directed to force subjecting of the Roerich organizations to its own personal will. Many Roerich organizations begin to avoid the public use of Banner of Peace. The photo-reports from Roerich conferences become rare, since many organizations are afraid of persecution from ICR, because all the public activity is under Banner of Peace.
The pressure from ICR can be increased if the registration of the "Urusvati" word would be admitted. But the second act of registration of the sacred symbols and words as trademarks of the separate organization is the main negative moment. In this way all the symbols of the new Epoch will be sold soon. If it will be so, the New Epoch may be not comes. ...
The registration of Banner of Peace sign in winter 2002 stirred up all the Roerich community both in Russia and abroad. There were a lot of letters against this anti-culture action. But the efforts to cancel the registration in Russian Patent Agency were unsuccessful. The only organization that is able to influence on the decision of Russian bureaucracy is the World Intellectual Property Organization. But a qualified lawyer, experienced in international patent law is required to make and advance the compliant to this Geneva-situated organization. There is a big evidential base collected about the worldwide spread of the "Banner of Peace" sign (a sign of Triunity). The evidences of historicity of the "Urusvati" word can be collected easily. Thus, one can propose that the lawsuit against the decision of Russian bureaucracy about registration of the Banner of Peace and possible registration of the word "Urusvati" can be ended with cоurt victory.
But the qualified lawyer is expensive. Our team have no such amount of money. Therefore we ask the foreign colleagues to hire a lawyer for the advance of lawsuit against ICR in the World Intellectual Property Organization.
It's impossible to keep silence! Who except us, the followers of the Roerich family, can protect the name of Mother of Agni Yoga?! Let write to us, let write and make phone calls to Moscow to the Patent Agency, to the Museum of East. Let write to the Roerich forums, make phone calls to friends (in Roerichs). The main idea - don't keep silence! Keeping the honor of the name of Mother of Agni Yoga depends on each of us!!!

Appendixes

Appendix 1.

Informational letter of ICR to the Roerich organizations

International Center of Roerichs
Nongovernmental organization at UN

Russian Federation 121019,
Moscow, Malyi Znamenskyi per., 3/5
phone. +7 095 203 6127, fax +7 095 203 7184
E-mail: icr.moscow@mtu-net.ru
12.02.2003 N.056
The Executive Committee of the International Center of Roerichs informs that, executing the will of its founder S.N. Roerich, the International Center of Roerichs have realized the state registration of its symbolics in accordance with Legislation of Russian Federation.
Roerichs paid a big attention to registration of symbolics of organizations created by them, and to the "Banner of Peace" symbol in particular. N.K. Roerich and Yu.N. Roerich have registered a sign of the "Urusvati" Himalayan Researches Institute and its name "Urusvati" as a trademark. Considering the "unauthorized use of Name and Sign" unacceptable¹ E.I. Roerich pointed repeatedly on the necessity of "Banner of Peace" registration in her letters. She wrote in one letter: "It is inadmissible that dubious organizations use our Sign as a cover" (E.I. Roerich. Letters, v.2, M.2000, p.427, 443).
Executing the precepts of Roerichs and being an owner of the Roerich Heritage, passed by S.N. Roerich, and, realizing sequentially the work on protection of names and symbolics of Roerichs, the International Center of Roerichs started the process of state registration of its symbolics in 2001. In 2002 the International Center of Roerichs received a certificates from Russian Patent and Trademarks Agency on the ICR sign and "Banner of Peace" sign. The International Center of Roerichs as a rights holder of these signs, protected by protective certificates of Patent Agency, have acquired the exclusive right to use and manage these signs. In compliance with the established order the use of the indicated signs by other organizations and persons is possible only with permission of the rights holder - the International Center of Roerichs.
The ICR Executive Committee.
Compared with original
Secretary of the Executive Committee I.V. Orlovskaya

Appendix 2.

http://www.roerichs.com/Publications/Movement/BFR1b.htm

Resolution about revocation of permission on use the "Banner of Peace" sign and honorary names of Roerichs by Byelorussian Roerich Foundation (BFR)

To the Council of Byelorussian Roerich Foundation

11.11.2003 N.454

Dear members of the Council!
As you know, the International Center of Roerichs (ICR) is an owner, keeper and manager of the heritage of Roerichs family including symbolics. It was passed to ICR by Svyatoslav Nikolaevich Roerich in 1990.
At the instance of your organization the ICR gave permission to Byelorussian Roerich Foundation in 1999 on use the Banner of Peace sign and name of Roerich. It was taken into account that BFR would become a collaborator in common activity not only in investigations, popularization but also in preservation of art and philosophical heritage of the Roerichs. But, despite the liability taken by yourselves and allocated in Constitution of BFR the concrete actions of your organization witnessed about lack of correspondence with goals and tasks, which are inflicted on the organization bearing the honorary Roerich name and using their symbolics.
The main reasons, stimulated the ICR to revoke the permission on use the "Banner of Peace" sign and the name of Roerich from the Department of Justice of Byelorussia Republic are the following.
The leaders of BFR refused once from supporting the initiative of Byelorussian division of ICR in conduction the action "Alarm of the conscience" aimed to restitute the N.K. Roerich and S.N. Roerich paintings, being in temporary storage in the Museum of East, which belong to ICR according to the testament of S.N. Roerich from March 19,1990.
In 2000 the BFR tried to republish the book "Proceedings of Washington Conference on the Roerich Pact", being stored in ICR archives, without agreement of its owner (ICR).
Contrary to the will of S.N. Roerich and copyrights of ICR the BFR assisted in the spreading of infringing books of E.I. Roerich Diaries published by "Sphere" publisher, Moscow. On this fact the Byelorussian Division of ICR had to turn to the prosecutor's office of Byelorussia Republic. As to the fact of ICR copyright infringement the charge was brought against the administration of "Sphere" publisher (ch. 146, part 2 of Russia Criminal code) and it was transferred to the court.
Byelorussian division of ICR offered to the representative of BFR (if he is ready for cooperation) in 2003 to write down their [BFR] attitude to illegal publication of E.I. Roerich Diaries by "Sphere" publisher and to other actual and fundamental questions of Roerich movement. There is no answer until now.
The International Center of Roerichs and International Council of Roerich organizations realize the joint cultural-social activity with Roerich organizations on base of creative cooperation treaties. But BFR always avoids from signing such a treaty and concrete cooperation. According to information obtained from Byelorussian division of ICR, the BFR have opposed against "Banner of Peace" sign registration in National Center of Intellectual Property of Byelorussia Republic. Thus, the Byelorussian Roerich Foundation have broken the will of the Roerichs themselves, who considered that the "Banner of Peace" sign should be protected by state registration.
Taking into account the information given above the administration of International Center of Roerichs have decided to recall its permission on use the "Banner of Peace" sign and the honorary name of Roerich from the Justice Department of Byelorussia Republic.
Yours faithfully
ICR Vice-President
V.B. Morgachev

1. - incorrect citing in letter , because these words are concerned with the other symbol, not "Banner of Peace" See http://www.paxpercultura.org/aktual_13.html (Russian)

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