The use of a sign does not give any trademark right: Cabinet Chaillot - French and European attorneys for patents, trademarks and designs

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.

CABINET CHAILLOT

PATENTS TRADEMARKS DESIGNS

French Patent & Trademark Attorneys - European Patent Attorneys - Representatives before EUIPO

The use of a sign does not give any trademark right

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.