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A particularly attractive opportunity, economically, in terms of trademark law is the registration of a trade mark for a product shape. This was precisely the basis of protection for the well-known Gardena hose syringes and their particular coloured shape. However, over the course of time Gardena had changed the colours of this trademarked product. Was that damaging?
Trade mark protection for creative product – Rubik’s Cube
Have you registered the shape of a technically sophisticated product, such as the Rubik’s Cube, as a trade mark? Then check again whether the trade mark is really protectable.
Trademark protection for design product – Gömböc
Your product has an extraordinary design and a special technical function. The Gömbök is such a product. Is trade mark protection for such products easy to achieve?
Trade mark for patented product – Global Yoshikin
In addition to time-limited patent protection, can indefinite trade mark protection be sought for the product shape of the Global Yoshikin knives?
Brand for ordinary product shape – Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola wanted to extend the protection of its well-known beverage bottle, protected as an EU trade mark, and applied for a simpler bottle shape. Can a three-dimensional shape be registered as an EU trade mark even if it has a common design?
Bottle shape as a brand – Coca-Cola
A variation of the famous protected Coca-Cola bottle was registered as a three-dimensional trade mark. Why was it possible for this shape of product be protected as a trade mark?
Trade mark infringement by online marketplace – Amazon
Trade mark infringement by online marketplace – Amazon. Can an online marketplace be liable for trade mark infringement because it has stocked and also shipped a seller’s infringing goods?
Biased rankings through rating portal – yelp
On yelp’s rating portal, users are able to rate and review any company they wish to. Even if 90% of users have given your business a positive rating, yelp may still display a poor score. Rightly so?
Purchase of a counterfeit product from China - ROLEX
You’ve bought a cheap watch on an online sales website from Turkey or China as a private consumer – but what do you do if you paid for it and you are asked to consent to the destruction of the watch without any compensation?
Brand protection for a test seal – ÖKO-TEST
The ÖKO-TEST seal [ECO-TEST] is protected as an individual trade mark. One manufacturer used the seal without such a licence. The protection of individual trade marks has its limitations when it comes to test seals.