Publication details
Court considers likelihood of confusion between word marks using same letters in different order, in: World Trademark Review Daily, 25.09.2015
ArticleAuthor(s): Beck, Benjamin; von Werder, Konstantin
Year of publication: 2015
Abstract: On 5 March 2015, the German Federal Court of Justice issued a ruling that two wordmarks that consist of the same three letters, albeit in a different order (here: IPS and ISP), might lead to confusion as to the origin of goods and services sold under these marks. In particular, the Court noted that the pronunciation of the individual letters in their given order had the same sequence of vowels (here: i-e-e, German pronunciation).
Keywords: BGH, Likelihood of Confusion, Phonetic Similarity, Trademark Infringement
Subject(s): law
