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THURSDAY, 5 DECEMBER 2013
German Federal Patent Court: "For you"
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German Federal Patent Court: "For you"
The German Federal Patent Court recently found that the English word sequence “For you” was not registrable as a trade mark for goods covered by classes 5, 29, 30 and 32 due to a lack of distinctiveness. Case reference: 30 W (pat) 83/11 of 13 June 2013.
“Where consumers interpret a sequence of words (here: the English words “for you”) as a slogan type statement, that is merely meant to draw the attention to the goods bearing the sign (here: goods covered by classes 5, 29, 30 and 32), then this does not support the assumption of a distinctiveness of the sign in a trade mark sense but rather negates it (in contrast to BGH GRUR 1999, 1093 – FOR YOU)”.
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