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PRESENTATION „German Trademark Application“

PRESENTATION „German Trademark Application“ . HEIDRUN STUBBE GMBH Information & Innovation . Have you a wordmark? One or more words, letters, numbers or combinations can be registered. Have you a picture or symbol (Logo)? Registration is possible in colours or black and white.

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PRESENTATION „German Trademark Application“

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  1. PRESENTATION„German Trademark Application“ HEIDRUN STUBBE GMBH Information & Innovation Heidrun Stubbe GmbH, D-49205 Hasbergen

  2. Have you a wordmark? One or more words, letters, numbers or combinations can be registered. Have you a picture or symbol (Logo)? Registration is possible in colours or black and white. You want to register a trademark in Germany? Heidrun Stubbe GmbH, D-49205 Hasbergen

  3. Attention to the protection obstacles! • Absolute obstacles mean, a trademark registration is not possible for a special name or picture – for you or for others. • Relative obstacles mean that there exist rights of third parties against the trademark registration. • … so that you don‘t submit your application without chance. Heidrun Stubbe GmbH, D-49205 Hasbergen

  4. Absolute obstacles • .. are defined in the German trademark law under par. 8 and others: • Descriptions of the product, also in a foreign language, e.g. the French „brosse“ for a brush make no distinction • General descriptions like „individual“ or „Turbo“ have to be kept free and therefore cannot be protected for one company. Heidrun Stubbe GmbH, D-49205 Hasbergen

  5. Relative obstacles • Are rights for cancellation.. • … on the basis of prior similar or comprehensive trademarks • .. on the basis of name rights or company names • … on the basis of other commercial rights Heidrun Stubbe GmbH, D-49205 Hasbergen

  6. You should research • … so that you know if a trademark application will be successful before you submit it • … so that you don‘t break existing rights due to missing information • … so that you are in a better position in case of license negotiations. Heidrun Stubbe GmbH, D-49205 Hasbergen

  7. Not only identical but also (phonetic) similar marks have to be checked Phonetic search must be done with special software Examples are FIT for FUN / Fit 4 FUN … SON / SUN / SAN / SANN … ECCO / ECKO / ECO / EKO / ECKOW … Would it be sufficient to search yourself in the Internet? Heidrun Stubbe GmbH, D-49205 Hasbergen

  8. How should I proceed? • Check if there are absolute protection obstacles. • Decide about products and services for which the mark should be used. • Order a professional search. • Read the search results intensively. • Instruct a patent attorney to submit the application or do that yourself. Heidrun Stubbe GmbH, D-49205 Hasbergen

  9. Who can help me to be successful? • The German Patent Office offers information and forms on the website www.dpma.de • Search professionals like the Heidrun Stubbe GmbH conduct the search. • Trademark- and patent attorneys submit the official registration. Heidrun Stubbe GmbH, D-49205 Hasbergen

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