The international job aggregator Jooble reports cases of illegal use of its brand in Russia and Belarus, despite ceasing operations in these markets more than two years ago. Jooble has discovered that job listings using its brand identity are being posted on the jooble[dot]ru domain. Additionally, news is being published under the Jooble name on the website jooble[dot]by.
The company currently has no control over the jooble[dot]ru or jooble[dot]by domains. Any content published on these websites is unrelated to Jooble’s activities, and the Jooble brand is being used without permission. Jooble’s legal team has begun measures to protect the company’s rights and reputation and to put an end to the unauthorised activity of these counterfeit brand sites in Russia and Belarus.
As a reminder, Jooble ceased all commercial activity in these countries after 24 February 2022. From then until April 2022, the company used local sites to inform people in Russia and Belarus regarding war crimes committed by the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, encouraging Russians and Belarusians to act against their own authoritarian regimes to help end the war. As a result, Jooble’s website was blocked by Roskomnadzor pursuant to a directive from the Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office.