Forbes, the publishing and media company, recentlysucceeded in securing the domain name forbes.ru together withanaward for damages for the amount of $300 000 from the cybersquatterLandmark VIP Services. This is the largest award of damages, inRussia, for cybersquatting.

With the imminent launch of the Cyrillic extension .рф to membersof the public, it is expected that the number of cybersquattingactivities will increase in the Russian Federation.

Trade mark owners have until 25March 2010 secure their Cyrillic trade marks