Re: Trademarks and new EU regulations

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:06:59 +0200, Harry L in message
<news:dca06j$7tp$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Simple question, but I suspect it may not be a simple answer:
>
> If I buy a Mercedes Benz motor car, or a Skoda, but I am embarrassed by the
> silly logos, names and chromed trim spelling out "ESTELLE", "C180", or
> whatever, can I just remove them?
>
> I know that as a photographer I cannot go into a bookshop and take a picture
> of the staff smiling at the camera, then publish it in a newspaper, because
> there are so many other designs (book covers, adverts, etc.) that would be
> "illegally copied".

Where on earth do you "know" that from. It is simply false.

>I also know that I do not have the right to change a
> logo; for example, change the "Fiat Panda" on my car to read "FLAT Panda".
> So what about simply removing it?
>

AFAIK, there is nothing to stop you removing it completely.

>
> I am asking this for a variety of reason, since the company I work for do
> sell products to other companies, who (under license) change the name to
> Bang & Olofssen "BIO9000" and stick their own logo on the units. So I just
> wonder who has the right to do what? and how protected is a "trademark"?

You can only stick the trademark on something if the trademark owner has
given you permission to do so.

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