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Nestle lost monopoly over its ‘Four Fingered Bar’ shape of ‘Kitkat’ in EU

Launched in 1935 as ‘Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp’ and later on named ‘Kitkat’, the shape of this chocolate has always been its recognition among children and all chocolate lovers. Read More: Trademark Registration Process.

Nestle, the owner of ‘Kitkat’ has always wanted to protect its shape to avoid the situation of its rivals coming up with the similar shape for their chocolates. Nestle has recently lost a long run trademark battle to protect its ‘Four Fingered’ shape of Kitkat.

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PROTECTION OF COUNTRY NAMES: PURSUED BY CARIBBEAN COUNTRY-DELEGATE

The governments of Jamaica and Barbados expressed their opposition to unauthorized use of a country name for trade purposes of someone who does not have any affiliation with the country. Such use increases the risk on the economies of developing countries, they say.

This week, the two Caribbean countries referred to the World Intellectual Property Organization, making a request to render a study regarding the protection of country names. This is in context of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT).

Last January, during SCT’s last session, Barbados and Jamaica submitted a proposal comprising of a three-phase work plan. Later on, Jamaica presented supplementary documents for the purpose of facilitating the effectuation of the earlier work plan.

Just last Thursday, Barbados and Jamaica showed their strong hold on pushing their proposals to be carried out by WIPO, by submitting the revised version of the proposal for the study relative to country names protection, which contains terms of reference. This study is set to focus on the provisions in each of the national and regional intellectual property protection laws, which relates to the protection of country names, most especially in the discipline of trademark.

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 The North Face

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In the year 1966, a small retail store was founded by two hiking enthusiasts in North beach of San Francisco named the ‘North Face’. The brand started with the mantra ‘Never Stop Exploring’ intending to contribute to explorers in their expedition journey and serving the natural wild lands.

By the end of the decade in the 1980s, ‘North Face’ was the only manufacturer and distributor in the United States with their vast line of premium, high-performance clothing, and equipment for outdoor activities. The debut of sportswear in the market called the ‘Tekware’ to the inauguration of the millennium with their own line of trekking and trail running shoes, the brand owned it all.

In the subsequent years, the half dome logo of the brand began to appear in greater regularity on high-country trails and big walls which was the result of their determination and hard work over the years. The journey that started on the beach, is flocking beyond the clouds, with over 57 outlets worldwide.

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Tim Horton

Tim Horton, a National hockey legend, opened a restaurant that is famous for coffee, doughnuts in Hamilton, Ontario in 1964. After nearly 3 years, Tim Horton and Ron Joyce became partners and started working on the expansion of the business.

In the subsequent years, as the business started to expand and accumulate goodwill, little did they know that the dark day in the history of ‘Tim Hortons’ had approached. Tim Hortons died in car cash in the early hours of 21st February 1974.

Later, in 1995, the merger of Tim Hortons and Wendy International Inc. hastened its expansion into the United States making it appear on the global restaurant market.

Following, the popularity and impact of the quick food service joint, in the year 2004, The Canadian Oxford dictionary was amended to include the phrase “double double” – the way two-cream, two-sugar coffee is ordered at Tim Hortons.

This reflected the success picture of ‘Tim Hortons’ earned over the years. Presently, with its massive market capture, there are about more than 4,800 distribution outlets worldwide.

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Manulife Financial

‘Manulife Financial’ is a leading international financial services group and insurance company with headquarter in Toronto, Canada. It was the vision of the first President of the company who set them on the path of success, named John A. Macdonald, Canada’s First Prime Minister.

The Company went through a massive growth from 1887, starting in 1893 with International Operations with the sale of first policy in Bermuda to being the first Canadian insurance company to open a bank, also the first North American company to offer insurance to controlled diabetics.

In addition to the innumerable laurels, this year ‘Manulife’ is in the prestigious Forbes magazine list for ‘Canada’s best Employer’ 2019.

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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

BBV stands for ‘Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA’, is the second largest banking group in Spain, born out of the merger of Banco de Bilbao and Banco de Vizcaya to form Banco Bilbao Vizcaya. In the subsequent years, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya merged with Banco Argentaria resulting in the establishment of BBVA in 1999.

In the year 2016 BBVA acquired Finnish online banking start-up Holvi, based in Helsinki, Finland. The giant banking group with every feat established a new mark and in the year 2018, set an example for other organizations as they pledged to fight against climate change which aims to mobilize €100 billion by 2025 for green financing, sustainable infrastructure and financial inclusion.

Today it is one of the most active organizations on the world stage in this field and the indisputable leader in Spain and Italy. This makes it our ‘Today’s Trademark’ having registration no. 2705771 under USPTO.

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