08.03.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
Good day, I have recently created a website for my company with xxx-yyy.de (exact page attached). There was already a website in the form of xxxyyy.de, without the hyphen. The owner of that website does not have a business domain there, but only a 1&...
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19.06.2012 | answered by Andreas Scholz
Is an eBay title with "Lego compatible" legally compliant? If not, what consequences could arise?
P.S: The product is not from Lego. Since the Lego patent has already expired, many manufacturers are building Lego-compatible bricks....
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01.11.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
We would like to offer private and commercial customers the opportunity to decorate beverage bottles of their choice with self-designed and manufactured shrink sleeve labels, as seen on www.jouwheineken.nl. The private customer purchases the desired ...
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16.03.2011 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Our company is made up of several GmbHs, each with its own name. Together, we present ourselves as a team. This is how we answer the phone and how we are represented online. The individual names of the companies only become clear when you take a clos...
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06.11.2010 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Hello,
Let's imagine someone wants to start a football website, but has doubts about the name choice.
The problem: They would like to choose a normal and everyday name, but heard that these cannot be protected as a trademark.
Questions...
1. Can ...
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19.02.2010 | answered by Claudia Mölleken
Dear Sir or Madam,
I own an auto repair shop and have taken over my father's company name (established in 1978) and have also had it patented. However, the name "ISKU" is patented in Nice Class 35 by the furniture company ISKU in Finland since 2004....
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18.12.2009 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Domain flying-trader.de and .com have been registered by me, no further registrations of this name. Domain for a website of a trade with accessories and other goods. Registration for the protection of this name necessary, if the name is also in the b...
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29.10.2009 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Article number on Ebay: 120485005666, Ebay name: *Glamourbaby*
Is it allowed to customize a branded pacifier, meaning decorating it with pearls, rhinestones, etc., and then sell it on Ebay?
I already have two pacifiers for sale on Ebay, from Rock S...
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05.10.2009 | answered by Steffan Schwerin
Dear Sir or Madam,
This question concerns one of our clients.
We have noticed a strong similarity between our client's logo and the company Schöffel.
http://www.medienpartner.de/ (top right)
http://www.schoeffel.de
The client has been using the l...
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14.09.2009 | answered by Andreas Scholz
Hello and thank you in advance.
As a general question, I have the following scenario: let's say I want to globally patent protect an inflatable car (as a children's toy, for example), and assuming there isn't one already with the unique feature of b...
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18.08.2009 | answered by Andreas Scholz
Greetings
A competitor in my field of work has registered a word-image trademark that corresponds to one of my company names.
Word-image trademark XXX-XXX
My company name includes the data of the trademark, as well as my domain xxx-xxx.com. Further...
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03.07.2009 | answered by Dr. Danjel-Philippe Newerla
Hello,
We are a software company for garden and landscaping construction and we constantly have the issue that our coined terms are picked up and used by competing companies shortly after. For this reason, we have protected some word marks, such as ...
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