Businessman Liptuga profits from Odessa's tourism logo
President of the Public Organization "National Tourism Organization of Ukraine" Ivan Liptuga profits from the use of Odessa's official tourism logo.. The editors reported this 368 media It became known from information about the owners of the trademark.
Odesa's official tourism logo, an anchor, was registered as a trademark in May 2013. It was designed by the studio of Russian citizen Artemy Lebedev. The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine imposed sanctions against him, and his assets in Ukraine have been frozen for five years. The designer and blogger was accused of anti-Ukrainian propaganda, illegally visiting annexed Crimea, the uncontrolled territory of Donbas, and collaborating with pro-Russian terrorist organizations. In Odesa, Artemy Lebedev is known as the creator of the city's tourist symbol, the anchor-heart, and the corporate identity of Odesa and the Odesa Opera and Ballet Theater.
The city logo is owned by the municipal enterprise "Odesa Tourist Information Center" and Ivan Leonidovych Liptuga. Back in August 2012, before the trademark was registered, Odesa Mayor Kostusev issued an order recommending that "all those interested in developing the tourism industry use the Odesa tourism logo."
Nine years later, Liptuga hasn't ceded his rights to the logo to the mayor's office and continues to receive dividends from its use. Every year, the mayor's office spends millions of hryvnias on monuments, keychains, badges, and other souvenirs. Liptuga profits from this even during the war.
It's worth noting that Liptuga owns Plaske PJSC, Sustainable Tourism Development Fund LLC, and is also the registered sole proprietorship "Ivan Leonidovych Liptuga." Ivan Liptuga also heads the public union "National Tourism Organization of Ukraine" and the employers' association "Odesa Regional Organization of Employers of Transport Services Enterprises."
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