Ferrero takes on UEFA over EM 2008 mark
am 05.09.2007 von servicemarksFerrero files cancellation against UEFAs EM 2008 markIt looks as if Ferrero, a maker of chocolates (i.a. kinder products), has learnt its lesson from the FIFA World Cup in Germany in 2006. As can be seen from OHIMs website, FERRERO has recently (14 August 2007) filed a cancellation action against UEFAs EM 2008 word mark (CTM 004905411), registered for the marketing of the upcoming 2008 European Football Championships to be held in Austria and Switzerland. The mark is registered for a wide variety of goods, from dispensers of kitchen towels to vehicle lubrication. It is meant to secure the EURO 2008s official sponsors the exclusivity they pay for. However, in German speaking countries, EM stands for Europameisterschaft (European Championship). It is used as a generic abbreviation for any European championship from boxing to snooker. So EM 2008 could well be be considered a generic term for a European Football Championship by German (and Austrian) standards.Ferreros fight against the attempts by organizers of international sports events to secure extensive protection for their trademarks and logos has something of a tradition. In April 2006, when FIFAs enforcement of its Fußball WM 2006 mark (for Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft, German for Football World Cup) was at its nastiest, it obtained the cancellation of the mark before the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH). In a parallel decision, Ferrero also obtained the reversal of the Federal Patent Courts decision not to cancel the trademark WM 2006 (for Weltmeisterschaft 2006, or World Cup 2006) for most of the …
Ferrero vs. UEFA, part II
servicemarks / Lately, there has been an interesting inflation of EM 2008 marks registered in Germany. It offers an insight into a highly interesting legal fight between Ferrero and UEFA.Ferrero, who has just filed a cancellation action against UEFAs EM 2008 CTM wo…
EM 2008: Ferrero vs. UEFA
MarkenBlog / Servicemarks berichtet über einen Löschungsantrag den Ferrero beim Harmonisierungsamt für den Binnenmarkt gegen die Marke EM 2008 der UEFA gestellt hat.…
HABM: Ferrero vs. FIFA
MarkenBlog / IPKat berichtet über die Entscheidungen der Beschwerdekammer des HABM bezüglich einiger WM-Marken der FIFA. The five marks in dispute are not hugely current any more in terms of their commercial value, since they relate to an event which briefly…
FIFA Wins Trademark Dispute
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / MAG - Washington. The German federal patent court in Munich ruled on August 3, 2005 that corporate users of its soccer world cup trademark, such as food manufacturer Ferrero--which had lodged a complaint against FIFA, the world body govern…
EM 2012 nach Kroatien / Ungarn ?
MarkenBlog / Am heutigen Tag entscheidet der Europäische Fußballverband UEFA über die Vergabe der Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2012. Kandidaten sind Italien, Polen / Ukraine und Kroatien / Ungarn. Betrachtet man die Situation im Register der Europäischen Ge…
FIFA ./. FERRERO : Kampf um die Marken WM 2006
DPMS INFO / Der Streit um die Marken «WM 2006», «WM Deutschland» und «Fußball WM 2006» geht in die nächste Runde vor das Bundespatentgericht (BPatG). Überraschenderweise unterlag die Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) den Löschu…
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