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German: Freihaltungsbedürfnis

English translation: need to keep it free







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German term or phrase:Freihaltungsbedürfnis
English translation:need to keep it free
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Law/Patents - Patents / Marks
German term or phrase: Freihaltungsbedürfnis
Marke: Unterscheidungskraft und Freihaltungsbedürfnis

Die Buchstabenfolge "MCS" kann als Marke eingetragen werden, da ein Freihaltungsbedürfnis nicht festgestellt werden kann und der Marke Unterscheidungskraft zukommt.

JenniferHeidel
Germany
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Jonathan MacKerron: 9:17pm May 27, 2007: freihalten=perhaps "reserve" in this context?

need to keep it free
Explanation:
No need to keep it free can be established....
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Richard Benham
France
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1need to keep it free
Richard Benham
4necessarily keep it freegdesai
2 +1no need to set aside/reserve
Jonathan MacKerron


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
need to keep it free

Explanation:
No need to keep it free can be established....

Richard Benham
France
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PRO pts in category: 8
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agree Jonathan MacKerron: anyway, something here needs to be kept free...
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
no need to set aside/reserve

Explanation:
based on my limited knowledge of the subject at hand

Jonathan MacKerron
Germany
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agree Richard Benham: Yeah that too.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
necessarily keep it free

Explanation:
A mark/brand that cannot be uniquely identified/designated uniquely needs necessarily to be kept free.
Check the link below (web reference)



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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-05-28 02:26:49 GMT)
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Check this article at the web link cited above:

Markenbeschwerdeverfahren - "RUHRWASSER INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT" - Unterscheidungskraft - keine geographische Herkunftsangabe - interpretationsbedürftige Mehrdeutigkeit - Freihaltungsbedürfnis



    Reference: http://www.rechtscentrum.de/search.php?q=&num=10&page=26&db=...
gdesai
India
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