In order to protect the shape of her new ear phones BOSE registered the ear phones as a European Design. The product turned out to become a great success. The drawback of success is that third parties always want to gain from it as well. In some cases it inspires malignant companies to produce counterfeit products.
The Polo/Lauren Company has successfully prevented the registration of the POLO SPORT’s logo. The defendant claims that the trademark has been used since 2004 and that no problems ever occurred. The logo would supposedly refer to a sporting gentleman’s lifestyle. The differences between the trademarks would enable both to co-exist.
In choosing a new name it is advisable to chose a fantasy name. Marketing specialists, however, will often advise to chose a descriptive name. The disadvantage of a descriptive name is that its scope of protection is
In the Netherlands the strongest trademarks are Google en Cliniclowns. Google is not only the
strongest mark in the Netherlands, but worldwide as well. The trademark is estimated to be worth more than $ 100 billion. The value of Google has increased more than 16% last year alone.
François Mol has joined our firm on January 1st. After finishing law school François has worked for various trademark agencies, increasing his experience with each of them. In the past few years he worked for Arnolds & Siedsma, Considine Consultants and Bouma. At Abcor he will focus mostly on the national market.
Kipling has registered her device as a European Community trademark. The device has a prominent place on all of Kipling’s products. Because of this Kipling’s bags are easily identified. Upon encountering a similar looking device from her competition Wibra, Kipling immediately filed a lawsuit. The outcome was quite sensational, as were the damages to be paid, € 640,000.- in total, to Kipling.
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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
