EU Judge Says Ix-nay
In what has to be one of the most ill-advised lawsuits in telecom trademarks, Asterix & Obelix, the French cartoon strip has lost its claim to the suffix “ix”. A huge tragedy no doubt.
Dow Jones News, 2008-12-18
About five years ago Orange trademarked the term “Mobelix” for a number of telephone applications, including calling cards, and telephony equipment. It seems that the crack legal experts from Asterix & Obelix publishing house felt they could make a case of this suspected ‘infringement’ of the two letter “ix”. After about four years of legal wrangling a EU judge has ruled the entire case made by Asterix & Obelix was unacceptable. This, after the case passed like a bad smell through every lower court in Europe. What a good use of the system. Read more news on this subject.
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