RED BULL defeats RED DRAGON
Red Bull protects, since the launch of its new energy drinks, its brand with tooth and nail. Legal Proceedings are started everywhere (with varying success) against energy drinks brands that contain the element RED or BULL. In this way Red Bull tries to avoid diluting of its brand and retain a strong position in the market for energy drinks. Recently there was an interesting case in the Benelux. RED BULL opposed the application for RED DRAGON .
read moreMedicine shortages
Last year and this year we received information that certain drugs are difficult to obtain. It concerns for example drugs with the following active ingredients: Bleomycin (anticancer agent), Doxorubicin hydrochloride (anti-breast and ovarian cancer), Cytarabin (anti acute leukemia) Thiopental (anesthetic) and recently Methoxy Polyethylene Glycol-Epoetin beta (for symptomatic anemia in kidney disease). Main stream media only addresses production problems in U.S. manufacturing sites. In the Netherlands parliament questions have been raised whether these deficiencies are caused by parallel exports. This reason is still under debate. Therefore, I would like to put the following thesis why drugs are more often no longer available on the European market, and in particular in the Netherlands.
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Dutch tradename law- after effect Boerenleenbank (Farmer’s Loan Bank)
Tradename Law provides protection for a local company for the services offered. Yet there seems to be some kind of after effect. In 1972, the Central Raiffeisen Bank and the Boerenleenbank (Farmer’s Loan Bank) merged into the RABOBANK. The name Boerenleenbankdisappeared from the streets.
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Many entrepreneurs sit on a treasure without even realizing it.
Mr. Th W. van Leeuwen
Infringement or not?
The Spanish beer brand VICTORIA opposed the registration of the wordmark LA VICTORIA DE MEXICO for beer. Her claim was based on her label. The Spanish Trademark proprietor claimed that VICTORIA is the dominant element on this label. This is identical to the word VICTORIA in the other trademark. Since the goods were identical there would be an infringement. The other party disagrees with this claim, as expected. VICTORIA is a reference to VICTORY. This is a commendation and therefore not distinctive. LA VICTORIA DE MEXICO actually has a very clear significance, since it refers to the victory over the Spanish occupation, which would compensate any visual or aural similarity. Infringement? ...
