ArmeniaNow (photo by Nazik Armenakyan): "A beauty parlor in the center of Yerevan has been closed in the latest show of government clampdown on tax dodgers. A yellow ribbon reads “Winning receipts were not provided here” – in reference to cash register receipts which can bring the lucky owner from 5,000 to 5 million drams in the national lottery. A new law (January) stipulates that shop owners must give cash receipts."
Friday, 5 June 2009
Picture of the Day - ArmeniaNow: "Beauty under Lock"
ArmeniaNow (photo by Nazik Armenakyan): "A beauty parlor in the center of Yerevan has been closed in the latest show of government clampdown on tax dodgers. A yellow ribbon reads “Winning receipts were not provided here” – in reference to cash register receipts which can bring the lucky owner from 5,000 to 5 million drams in the national lottery. A new law (January) stipulates that shop owners must give cash receipts."
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It could be a possible trademark infringement case as shown in the link below.
http://sepian65.livejournal.com/7408.html
You are right, name-wise "SEPHORIA" is almost identical to "SEPHORA" in NY.
I do not know if trademark infringement played a role in shutting down this store, but I wish people pay more (and serious) attention to such things in Yerevan, like in case of GAP you mentioned in your post.
Crap. I LOVE that place. I know it is probably a trademark violation, but man did they give good haircuts and other services. And they were VERY nice. What a bummer. I would have recommended them strongly to anyone.
A reasonable judge would have determined that Sephoria can be confused with Sephora - even the typeface and the little red S are exactly the same - even though they are in different businesses.
But from the yellow tape it's clear that they were shut down for tax evasion.
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