Spring this year, part 4 of the eBook series IE- in bedrijf, which Theo-Willem co-authors was launched. The series follows the life cycle of a company (from start to sale).
When is the use of a text or design Trademark infringement? An important question, since the increasing use of words and bright colors on t-shirts and sweaters.
H&M sells sweaters with the word CHIEF and the face of an Indian printed on them. Jeans Centre summons H&M to stop the sale, claiming infringement of it´s trademark CHIEF. H&M disagrees and continues the sale.
Since 2013 many new domain name extensions have been launched. One of them is .FOOTBALL (especially for Football teams). From June 2015, the domain name became available to the public, for 19 Euros per year. Last autumn the domain name AJAX.FOOTBALL is registered by a third party (not Ajax or its fan club). This person sends an email to Ajax offering to transfer the domain name for the amount of 6.500 Euros.
Spa Monopole has been granted an exclusive license, by the authorities, to exploit the natural water sources and thermal baths of the Spa region. The firm has registered the trademark SPA for a wide scale of products, like bottled water and cosmetics. When Kruidvat uses the names SPA SECRETS, SENSE OF SPA, ZOUTSCRUB SPA and SEL DE GOMMAGE SPA, to launch a new line of cosmetics and care products, Spa Monopole objects.
A well-known phenomenon in our business are the so called ghost invoices. Unfortunately they are all too common, even these days. Invoices are sent to trademark owners after they filed their application. In return for a large sum of money the trademark is filed in a database by the ghost invoice sender, a database that is completely useless. All the while the owner believes that he received an invoice from an official organization.
For the first time a suspect has been condemned, in the Netherlands, to 18 months in prison for sending fake invoices. By the end of March this year, the court of Arnhem-Leeuwarden judged that a scam had taken place. The case originally started in 2008. In December that year the suspect sends a first mailing of 385.000 letters to companies for the Chamber of Commerce contribution. On the invoice (149 Euros), a logo is displayed that strongly resembles the logo of the Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands.
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Een korte introductie tekst over de nieuwsbrief waarin je uitlegt wat het is. Hoe je direct de nieuwste editie kunt lezen en hoe je je kunt abonneren. And click here for all the numbers.
Among others in this issue:
• EUIPO vs Mora TV: weigering geluidsmerk
• Jägermeister vs Alte Heiler: stop Russische copycat
• Stichting Nederlandse Top 40: gericht op Benelux?
• Tijdschrift HART vs Hermitage: soortgelijkheid
• Monique Granneman: nieuwe partner Abcor
