tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post3016636639505558010..comments2024-03-29T13:59:42.629+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Do stripes need to be kept free for use?Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-84194883424138203822008-04-15T16:49:00.000+01:002008-04-15T16:49:00.000+01:00Sorry Jeremy, I don't understand your comment abov...Sorry Jeremy, I don't understand your comment above. What do you mean by "rejected by the ECJ"? Does this mean that the ECJ has authority when it comes to deutsche Rechtschreibung?<BR/><BR/>It's just that one Umlaut sounds more normal to me, and Freihältebedürfnis gets 78 Google hits as opposed to 13000 for Freihaltebedürfnis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-28837580213964914012008-04-12T18:07:00.000+01:002008-04-12T18:07:00.000+01:00Dear Kats what about five or seven stripes? Does t...Dear Kats what about five or seven stripes? Does the Adidas exclusive right on three stripes acquired upon extensive use is enforceble agaisnt those? Shouldn't its right be just regarded as far as three stripes are used by its conpetitors? Shouldn't these "acq. by use" Tm's be assessed reasonably as far as similarity and likeliwood of confunsion?<BR/>In a case like this it would be worth to go back and see if the three strips had coexisted with any stripe before it become such a reputable Tm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-43430419012919383342008-04-10T14:35:00.000+01:002008-04-10T14:35:00.000+01:00The IPKat tells me he doesn't want to come across ...The IPKat tells me he doesn't want to come across excessively fussy either, but <I>Freihaltebedürfnis</I> with one umlaut was rejected by the ECJ years ago in <I>Windsurfing Chiemsee</I>. This is the first time the court has had the opportunity of considering the status of <I>Freihältebedürfnis</I> with two umlauts ...Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-29377709534036084102008-04-10T14:21:00.000+01:002008-04-10T14:21:00.000+01:00I don't want to come across excessively fussy, but...I don't want to come across excessively fussy, but I think Freihaltebeduerfnis (sorry, my keyboard doesn't do Umlaute) should only have an Umlaut above the u and not the a. The verb is after all freihalten und nicht freihaelten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com