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Re: [ICANN-EU] Re: WIPO
- To: Lutz Donnerhacke <lutz@iks-jena.de>
- Subject: Re: [ICANN-EU] Re: WIPO
- From: Marc Schneiders <marc@venster.nl>
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 20:11:34 +0200 (MEST)
- cc: icann-europe@fitug.de
- Comment: This message comes from the icann-europe mailing list.
- In-Reply-To: <slrn8sccjb.gbq.lutz@belenus.iks-jena.de>
- Sender: owner-icann-europe@fitug.de
On 18 Sep 2000, Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:
> * 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 ...
I am curious what Andreas Fuegner, who has been presenting the TM system
here as very sensible, has to say about this. He will probably tell all 10
to get a lawyer and if they cannot afford that, tell them "bad luck".
Who of the ten should I ask for permission to use the word
"internet"? From now on we will have to write "internet(tm tm tm tm tm tm
tm tm tm tm)...
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Marc Schneiders (the rest is in the header)
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