ECJ REJECTS CALVIN KLEIN TRADEMARK LEGAL BID
September 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CALVIN Klein has lost a European Court of Justice (ECJ) appeal aimed at preventing the trademarking by Spanish company Zafra Marroquineros of the word sign 'CK CREACIONES KENNYA' for clothes and leather goods. The US clothing giant claimed "there was a likelihood that consumers would confuse it with its own trademark", namely its famous CK logo. Last year, it lost at the ECJ's junior Court of First Instance, but appealed to the senior ECJ, arguing the lower court had ignored relevant case law and "distorted the facts", ...
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