tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post2295635301568623064..comments2024-03-29T13:59:42.629+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Another colour trade mark dispute: Langenscheidt vs Rosetta Stone (Yellow)Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-7199860387561819662014-07-08T15:05:03.283+01:002014-07-08T15:05:03.283+01:00Max.... you are spot on. :)Max.... you are spot on. :)Birgit Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02822674465997696890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-15353002079286354362014-07-08T11:34:03.425+01:002014-07-08T11:34:03.425+01:00While yellow is indeed a strong characteristic of ...While yellow is indeed a strong characteristic of the Langenscheidt dictionaries, I also associate it with the "Teach Yourself" series of foreign language books that used to be published in the UK, originally by the English Universities Press, and later in paperback by Hodder and Stoughton. ronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-56623151742073440812014-07-08T10:35:24.622+01:002014-07-08T10:35:24.622+01:00English translation of the Court's decision in...English translation of the Court's decision in Oberbank is available (see link below) and does not depart from accepted principles - not surprising since the filing date is the key date and there is, in principle, no distinction between different types of marks - not to be confused with the position in practice between different types of marks which, as the Court says, depends on the circumstances of each case. Not sure I follow what you are saying in your penultimate paragraph Birgit ? The Court's decision has to be applied by the national courts in any event..<br /><br />http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf;jsessionid=9ea7d0f130deb3ccbea3293e405799a78a7afce41590.e34KaxiLc3eQc40LaxqMbN4OaNuRe0?text=&docid=153812&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=232578).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-38586224507869119472014-07-08T08:47:59.846+01:002014-07-08T08:47:59.846+01:00The FAZ quiz is indeed fun. But (typical journali...The FAZ quiz is indeed fun. But (typical journalism?) is deliberately mischievous. <br /><br />It shows a bare colour square and asks whether it brings to mind any particular undertaking. Then it reminds us of the bank (SSK) and a phone company (Vodafone) that use red as their corporate colour. Or magenta (is it the chocolate company or the phone company?). If the FAZ were to tell me that the answer they are looking for is a phone company (or an oil company, or a bank) then sure I could tell from the bare colour block which firm it signifies. <br /><br />I did not see anywhere from the FAZ a message to the public that marks are registered only for specified goods or services. You might just as well suggest to the public that SWAN is hopelessly ill-adapted to function as a trademark. reputable journalists writing for broadsheets should leave the public better informed,I think, not even more confused.<br /><br />Incidentally, BP has changed in Germany from BP green to ARAL blue. "Green" is a specially big and overcrowded business sector in Germany. I wonder whether BP will ever do the switch in other countries.<br /><br />But, Birgit, perhaps I do the FAZ wrong? MaxDreinoreply@blogger.com