SLOVENIA VODKA BRAND

Slovenia hasn’t been well known for Vodka manufacturing, but as it looks things are quickyl changing. The newspapers are suddenly full of articles about new Slovenia spirits brand, which will be developed by two young entrepreneurs – Mitja Krzisnik & Simon Slonjsak. According to Newspaper Slovenske Novice, they are the owners of SLOVENIA TRADEMARK in US and plan to launch several products in the next few years.

While browsing the internet I did find a few other articles backing this Slovenia Vodka story, but as it looks there is another company trying to launch vodka with the same name – Fructal d.d.

I was curious what’s going on so I checked EU & US trademark databases to see who owns the rights for what. Based on my investigation Fructal owns the rights for Slovenia Vodka in Europe, but they do not own the trademark in US. That trademark belongs to Krzisnik and Slonjsak. It’s interesting that Fructal did file for a Slovenia Vodka trademark, but the application was abandoned due to non-response from their side.

Despite everything that’s going on, this is still great news for Slovenia. Finally the country name will be recognized and promoted in US which I am sure will be a great promotion.