VANDAAG means today in Dutch. And this word was at the center of a conflict between two television shows. The producers of EEN VANDAAG claimed that the new show RTL VANDAAG resembled their name too much. The court eventually ruled that this was not the case. The name RTL VANDAAG simply combined the network name (RTL) with the Dutch word for today. Because the word today is highly descriptive the producers of EEN VANDAAG had only a very small scope of protection on this word. By adding the word RTL it was clear that another network was involved.
It was also not proven that RTL gained any advantage through the success of EEN VANDAAG. Had the Trademark been distinctive, this case would have ended quite different.
