tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6247467540512948183..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Smell-alike perfumes - the Bundesgerichtshof's viewVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-72709441867585808992011-06-01T10:20:48.898+01:002011-06-01T10:20:48.898+01:00Ok, so the Bundesgerichtshof says that if the reta...Ok, so the Bundesgerichtshof says that if the retailers can easily recognise the smell-alikes as imitations of one particular perfume, then this equals a clear and definite imitation statement that the advertised product is advertised as a copy of a certain and specific original product.<br /><br />The way I see it, the court thus grants copyright protection to perfumes, because it makes it unlawful to sell perfumes which are identical with the original ones.<br /><br />What if we applied the same reasoning to, say, food? If someone sold drinks tasting exactly the same as some drink X, which is per se not unlawful, because flavour is not copyrighted, then they could still be prohibited from doing so, because the fact that the consumers would clearly recognize the flavour would entail that it was an "imitation statement".<br /><br />Or am i getting something wrong here?Tomeknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-39435346012599468762011-06-01T08:52:55.950+01:002011-06-01T08:52:55.950+01:00Craig´s available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=178...Craig´s available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1781044Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-11520077844304288092011-06-01T07:58:21.803+01:002011-06-01T07:58:21.803+01:00It seems that trade mark registration is the only ...It seems that trade mark registration is the only viable option to protect smells. Why then is this route so rarely attempted? See S. Karapapa 'Registering Scents as Community Trade Marks', The Trademark Reporter, vol. 100, no. 6 (2010)guidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642629692044961085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-31441669068490422342011-06-01T07:39:33.872+01:002011-06-01T07:39:33.872+01:00An interesting decision, taking into consideration...An interesting decision, taking into consideration the otherwise restrictive interpretation of German courts in unfair competition matters.Emil A. Georgievhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18248803497072051911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-56828372908290405672011-06-01T06:48:43.144+01:002011-06-01T06:48:43.144+01:00Why all those trials concurning perfume? Cf Craig,...Why all those trials concurning perfume? Cf Craig, 'Perfume by Any Other Name May Smell as Sweet…But Who Can Say?: A Comment on L’Oreal v. Bellure',Intellectual Property Journal, 2010,pp. 321-334.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com