It was only last Friday when Class 46 reported on the first Octopus Paul trade marks (please click here).  Only a few days later, more Paul trade marks have been filed at the OHIM register... and as expected not all of them by the same proprietor. All this despite the sad news that Paul has retired from active football result prediction. Our readers will recall that Paul, the "psychic octopus" rhad risen to global fame when he correctly predicted the outcome of all Germany games in the recent football World Cup as well as the result of the World Cup final.

Paul clearly is a strong brand.  RTL now reports that a Russian company is interested in hiring Paul as a "bookie", whereas Der Spiegel tells us that American composer Parry Gibb  has composed a love song for Paul ("Paul the octopus, we love you") which can be experienced on YouTube.... if one is so inclined that is.  I wonder whether the German zoo where Paul resides has filed any marks....

PS Die Krake is the German word for octopus.