jamedia wrote:Perhaps you should have read the thread before replying. I posted this previouysly
Whoah, take it easy I'm not here to rile no-one, it doesn't matter that much to me.
I think you mis read my original post too. I was implying what a trademark infringement case might rest on, i.e. can the plaintiff prove that the use of such word is not generic, e.g I could register greatzoomcourses dot com - I could argue that zoom is a generic term as lens but my offering zoom courses using that well known software my not rest easy with Zoom the company. I realise Flavio is in Berlin but Davinci, as a product is a reference to the Great painter, therefore in other uses/markets you may be able to argue generic meaning, but not in this one, as it's clearly a reference to the product
I don't see how your link counters anything I said, except prove that BMD have in fact registered the trademark in the UK - you were talking about Germany and I said it will probably be the same - I mean EU, I've registered trademarks myself and for EU is was via the EU - why would you register for all 27 individual member states, when that is not necessary? The UK is no longer part of the EU, hence what you found - Do you really think it would be worth the expense and time of contacting a lawyer over this as you advised? Wouldn't it be safe to assume, with a little common sense, it's at least a very grey area?