The use of a sign does not give any trademark right
17.02.2000
The facts : The English Company WIGGINS TEAPE Ltd, is titular of the word mark "CONQUEROR" as well as of the complex mark composed by the word "CONQUEROR" and by the representation of a knight, in a warlike position, brandishing a lance, to designate paper-trade goods.
It sued for infringement the French Company PAPETERIE HAMELIN which used and filed the complex marks composed by the words "CONQUERANT" or "SUPER CONQUERANT" and by the stylized representation of a knight, in a warlike position, brandishing a standard.
