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"HAVE A BREAK" – a well-known brand?

Advertising slogans are registrable as trademarks if they meet certain requirements. These include, for example, a certain originality and brevity. The slogan "HAVE A BREAK" by the corporate group

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Is the Wimdu 50% cheaper than hotels?

Apparently, this statement is not true. The Wettbewerbszentrale (German Federation of Fair Trading) was able to successfully prohibit the misleading advertising slogan of the online platform Wimdu in court, even in the second instance. The Kammergericht

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Nivea – Misleading packaging prohibited

Beiersdorf is no longer permitted to distribute a Nivea face cream in a misleading package size. The Higher Regional Court of Hamburg followed the opinion of the Center for the Fight Against Unfair Competition and confirmed that

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Scope of a cease-and-desist declaration

If, as the recipient of a warning letter, you submit a cease and desist declaration with a penalty clause, the risk of repetition that arises from the violation is regularly eliminated. But can those who receive warning letters have the cease and desist declaration...

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