PAB [Fwd: bahnhof.de]

Robert Shaw (robert.shaw@itu.int)
Thu, 18 Dec 1997 09:26:33 +0100

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POC, PAB, CORE,

See attached.

An interesting judgement concerning registration of a generic
term in Germany under .de

Robert

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In October a court in Germany decided that not everybody is allowed to use
or own the domain bahnhof.de. The translation for "Bahnhof" is
"railway-station" (or "depot" in the US).


The decision was not based on trademark law but on law against unfair
competition. The plaintiff is the "Deutsche Bundesbahn AG" - the
railway-company.


The complete text (in its original language) is available here:
http://www.netlaw.de/urteile/lgk_5.htm


Andreas





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