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Slofie – the latest from Apple

Apple certainly needs no introduction, but it’s worth remembering that, in addition to its innovations, the company founded by Steve Jobs has often n involved in various intellectual property disputes – including numerous legal battles with Samsung. This time, we should mention the latest plans of this American corporation. On September 19, 2019, the latest version of the operating system for mobile devices bearing the bitten apple logo, namely iOS 13, was released.

Airspace dispute over crane. Lufthansa vs LOT

Recent events in the aviation industry confirm that disputes over trademark rights are no longer limited to terrestrial matters but are entering a completely new dimension – the skies. Specifically, this concerns a dispute between two airlines, namely the Polish airline LOT and the German airline Lufthansa. In the case of both companies, the same bird – a crane – plays a leading role in their logos. Until 2019, both companies operated in the market without any conflicts in this regard. This was partly due to the fact that the crane in the Lufthansa logo was placed on a distinctive orange-yellow background and also had a different pose than the one in the PLL LOT logo. It is worth noting that the logo of the Polish airline has n officially in use since 1931, and its author was Lucjan Gronowski, who graduated from the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Paris.

T-Mobile is battling an American startup over a color

It has long n known that well-known companies protect their trademarks, including various types of markings, such as the appearance of a store or a color. It is also a fact that some brands are associated with a specific color, as is the case with the pink color of T-Mobile.
Unfortunately, this color has become the cause of a dispute between the telecommunications giant and a startup from the USA.
T-Mobile, or rather the corporation controlling the brand, i.e., Deutsche Telekom, believes that the so-called magenta color (a shade of pink) can only be used by them. They are somewhat right in this, as at one time, the corporation registered the magenta color as a trademark, in addition to the logo and verbal markings.

The classic Snickers is back!

Do you know what Snickers bars were called 30 years ago? Probably not, but soon residents of the United Kingdom will have the opportunity to find out the old name.
How is this possible? Well, the US-based Mars corporation, which produces, among other things, the popular Snickers bars, has decided to introduce “Marathon” bars to the British market to celebrate the 85th anniversary of its production. These bars were replaced by the now-popular Snickers 30 years ago.
It is worth remembering that the bars under the old name were sold in the United Kingdom until 1990. Recently, the manufacturer re-registered the name “Marathon” as a British trademark.

Cinkciarz’s Win

Anyone interested in the foreign exchange and financial market in Poland knows the Cinkciarz.pl service and the company with the same name. However, not everyone knows that recently, the name “Cinkciarz” was the subject of a legal dispute between competing Polish companies.

But let’s start from the beginning, i.e., from 2015, when Cinkciarz.pl successfully submitted an application to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to register the word mark “Cinkciarz” as a Community trademark. The trademark was registered for classes of goods and services such as, among others, financial services, currency exchange, and computer software.