Re: [ICANN-EU] Re: WIPO

[lutz@iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)]

* Marc Schneiders wrote:
>How funny, I recently read there were only 42 classes. Well, I assume they
>can afford to TM the name so many times and pay the periodical fees that
>are no doubt attached to keeping the TM valid. Does one have to pay in
>Germany as well if one wants to know if a TM exists? I mean even before
>thinking of filing it?

German trade mark registration is so overloaded, that most applications are
not checked. There are more than ten holders of the trademark 'Internet' in
the same registration class ...