Red Bull's famous can enjoys extensive trademark protection. The name, the double bull device, the background design and the colours of the can per se (blue/silver) are all protected through separate trademark registrations. Lately, the colour trademark (CTM 002534774) has been the subject of two separate attacks. XL Energy Marketing Sp. z o.o. with registered office in Poland and Boost Drinks Ltd., based in the UK, have both challenged the validity of the mark. Judging from the sheer amount of documents submitted, this looks like a hard-fought battle. Red Bull's colour mark was registered post-Heidelberger (i.e. after the ECJ's decision rejecting Heidelberger Bauchemie's trademark application for a two-colour trademark). In its decision, the ECJ ruled that "a graphic representation consisting of two or more colours, designated in the abstract and without contours, must be systematically arranged by associating the colours concerned in a predetermined and uniform way." (para. 33) Red Bull's colour trademark, depicted below, is described as follows: "Protection is claimed for the colours blue (RAL 5002) and silver (RAL 9006).The ratio of …
» Vollständiger Artikelservicemarks | 4. September 2007 — Yet another colour CTM cancellation action On the face of it, Red Bull and Deutsche Telekom have only little in common. While the incumbent former telecoms monopolist struggles hard to reverse the…
MarkenBlog | 11. Januar 2007 — Das US Patent & Trademark Office erwartet die einmillionste Markenanmeldung über das Onlinetool TEAS. Washington, D.C . - The Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Off…
servicemarks | 5. September 2007 — 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 f…
Law & Justice | 10. Oktober 2005 — What do those symbols mean? TM TM stands for trademark. A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of these elements, used to identify or distinguish the goods and service…
muepe.de | weblog peter müller | 7. November 2005 — Raising the bar on trademark protection, a U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that the Avery and Dennison trademarks of the office products company Avery Dennison Corp. are not famous enough to…
MarkenBlog | 11. Mai 2009 — Die WIPO meldet die millionste Markenanmeldung auf Basis des Madrider Markenabkommens. Nummer: 1000000 Nizzaklassen: 02, 03, 04, 05, 08, 09, 10, 11, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30…
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 21. Dezember 2006 — KR - Washington. Spam EMails violate various German statutes. Most commonly, a cause of action is based on the Unfair Competition Statute, UWG, of July 3, 2004, BGBl. I, p.1414, as amended on April …
German American Law Journal :: American Edition | 28. Mai 2007 — CK - Washington. Based on a pending trademark application, the applicant complained with a cease and desist demand of the improper use of the mark Moon by a third party, but later withdrew the appli…
MarkenBlog | 7. Januar 2008 — The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host a showcase for trademarks at its Alexandria, Virginia headquarters April 10-12, 2008. The three day event is designed to engage…
MarkenBlog | 1. Juli 2006 — Das US Unternehmen NAMEPROTECT hat den Trademark Insider mit Daten für das erste Quartal 2006 veröffentlicht. Die Publikation gibt einen Überblick über die beim US Patent & Trademark Office a…
