tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post4431850636210931439..comments2024-03-29T09:21:58.696+00:00Comments on The IPKat: On dongles, teletext and trade marks ...Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-70843504810762769712008-12-17T11:57:00.000+00:002008-12-17T11:57:00.000+00:00HOOCH was registered in class 33 in 1997 for flavo...HOOCH was registered in class 33 in 1997 for flavoured alcoholic drinks. This fits the OED definition as illicit whiskey and similar spirits usually have a flavour although not always pleasant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-12348527303650052512008-12-16T11:40:00.000+00:002008-12-16T11:40:00.000+00:00TELETEXT was only registered after a struggle; it ...TELETEXT was only registered after a struggle; it took four years. It was allowed on the basis of evidence of acquired distinctiveness. I still consider it a generic term.<BR/>However if the UK Registry refuses an application on the basis that a word is a well known term in common use an OHIM examiner whose mother tongue is not English may allow it. I know examples.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-72891205497993525472008-12-16T07:27:00.000+00:002008-12-16T07:27:00.000+00:00Well the obvious one is "Windows" which once descr...Well the obvious one is "Windows" which once described any GUI that used windowing, but has since been appropriated by Microsoft.<BR/><BR/>But as a chemist, my bugbear is "Taxol". This once common name for a specific compound is now a rather rigorously enforced trademark, which has meant we now have to refer to the compound by the hated neologism paclitaxel. Taxol had been in use for decades before BMS trademarked it in the early 1990s.<BR/><BR/>Cheers, LukeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com