May 18, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge has ruled that a Russian state-owned company fighting with U.S.-based distributors over the trademark rights to Stolichnaya vodka cannot stop the distributors from repeating arguments that had been rejected by Dutch and Russian courts.
July 31, 2020
A Manhattan federal judge is refusing to let spirits giant William Grant & Sons Inc. exit a long-running legal battle over the trademark rights to Stolichnaya vodka.
August 31, 2017
A New York federal judge on Thursday refused to dismiss trademark infringement claims by a Russian state-owned entity against two men who allegedly usurped the trademark rights to Stolichnaya vodka, while also refusing to toss an unjust enrichment counterclaim against the plaintiff.