Three-dimensional brand
A three-dimensional mark or shape mark (colloquially 3D mark ) is a mark form according to § 6 MarkenV . The form is regulated in § 9 MarkenV .
They consist of a three-dimensional design, for example the shape of the claimed goods or their packaging.
General
When registering, two matching, two-dimensional, graphic representations of the mark must be attached. The reproductions can contain up to six different views and must be submitted on one sheet of paper.
Examples
The following brands were or are currently registered three-dimensional brands:
- Dimple scotch whiskey bottle
- Coca-Cola contour bottle
- Granini bottle
- Lindt & Sprüngli golden bunny
- Nutella glass
- Odol mouthwater glass
- Packaging from Capri-Sonne
- Packaging from Ritter Sport
- Form of Toblerone chocolate
- Rocher sphere
- Duplo bars
- Kitkat
- Lego men
- Form of DextroEnergy grape sugar
- Saint-Albray
- Rubik's Cube (Engl. "Rubik's Cube")
- Shape of the " Stabilo Boss " highlighter
- Red bow
- Porsche Boxster
- VW Beetle
- Wondertree
Legal case studies
- Shape of the bounty chocolate bar
- Shape of the Ritter Sport board
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Kreymeier : LEGO is stressful again , mass taste TV , September 14, 2019
- ↑ Three-dimensional marks / 3-D mark example definition . ( faq-markenrechte.de [accessed on October 21, 2017]).
- ↑ 3D brands: How companies protect their shapes. Retrieved October 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Deletion of the EU trade mark (EGC October 24, 19, reference T-601/17). Retrieved October 24, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article4084767/Mars-unterhaben-im-Markenstreit-um-Bounty.html
- ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart Germany: Legal dispute between Ritter Sport and Milka: Only one can be square. Retrieved July 25, 2020 .
