FABER V NABER
May 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Court of Justice's Court of First Instance has approved a bid by Italian chemical company Faber Chimica to secure European Union trademark rights to the brand 'Faber'. It wants the mark for products including soaps, perfumery, essential oils, cosmetics and hair lotions. This was opposed by Spain's Industrias Quimicas Naber, which claimed 'Faber' would be confused with its 'Naber' mark, a position supported - on appeal - by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs). Faber then appealed and has ...
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