 A trademark dispute arose in October and November 2012 , when it was discovered that the group 's defense attorney , Mark Feygin , had attempted to register " Pussy Riot " as a trademarked brand name in Russia . On April 6 , 2012 , Feygin applied to Rospatent without the knowledge of his clients , seeking to assign the brand to a company owned by his wife , Natalia Kharitanova @-@ Feygin . This would give them exclusive rights to produce Pussy Riot @-@ branded products . Furthermore , Kharitanova @-@ Feygin has already received an advance payment of 30 @,@ 000 euros to produce a film about the Pussy Riot trial , with an additional 170 @,@ 000 euros payable upon completion of the contract , and 40 percent of the profits of worldwide sales of videos . The trademark application was rejected by Rospatent , leaving the ultimate fate of the Pussy Riot brand , estimated without promotion to be worth USD $ 1 million , undecided . 
