site.btaCourt Rejects Ahmed Dogan's Claim on MRF's Trademarks, MRF–DRF Slams Rejection

On Friday, the Sofia Administrative Court Friday announced rejecting a petition by Ahmed Dogan, who is the founder and Honorary Chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party, against a decision of the National Patent Office, which rejected Dogan's claim on the MRF trademarks. The court decision is appealable at the Supreme Administrative Court.

In August 2024, the Patent Office received an application by Ahmed Dogan for the transfer to himself alone the rights to use several trademarks related to MRF. On October 18, 2024, the Patent Office refused to do the transfer.

Later Friday, the parliamentary group Movement for Rights and Freedoms – Democracy, Rights and Freedoms (MRF–DRF) criticized the Sofia Administrative Court for rejecting Dogan's petition. The statement reads: "We are witnessing yet another blatant manipulation and lie, born in the propaganda machine of [Movement for Rights and Freedoms - New Beginning Leader] Delyan Peevski. The decision of the Administrative Court is nothing more than a procedural rejection of an appeal, not evidence for the collapse of the MRF, as his [Peevski's] yellow-brown media are helpfully propagating."