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List:       kde-www
Subject:    Re: wwwtesting - blue
From:       marko faas <argus () dds ! nl>
Date:       2003-01-29 16:44:21
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Op wo 29-01-2003, om 16:23 schreef Olaf Jan Schmidt:
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> [Mirko Boehm]
> > Sorry not true, in the Netherlands like in Germany some colors are
> > trademarked and can not be use by organizations or corporations.
> 
> Well, has Microsoft trademarked the color blue in Germany or in the 
> Netherlands?
> 
> Otherwise this is FUD:
> 
> http://www.microsoft.de (yellow)
> http://www.microsoft.nl (orange)


This probably does 

Well, in the Netherlands it is possible to register colours, but there are some \
                rules:
- colours must be unique
- they only apply for the products that they are registered for
- in most cases, the colour must be very common for the type of product (that means \
that for example Philips could claim some shade of blue, because they have used that \
colour for years and years)

A search at http://oami.eu.int/ reveals that Microsoft did register some colours, but \
merely combination of several colors. Haven't looked at IBM (big Blue) yet...

NB: Microsoft's client number at the OAMI is 35 (Yep, they were early :-) and colours \
only apply to figurative, as it looks like.

Also interesting: Microsoft claimed the name Windows, but it is listed as "Acquired \
distinctiveness: no". I am no lawyer, but maybe Michael should head for Europe :-)

Oh, and watch out for the butterfly!
http://oami.eu.int/search/trademark/la/EN_TM_Detail.cfm?ID=001657022&CFID=2152571&CFTOKEN=73102075


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Regards,
Marko Faas
(argus@dds.nl)


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