[pp.int.general] Fake Rolex

Reinier Bakels r.bakels at planet.nl
Wed Apr 14 07:01:58 CEST 2010


    Or in
    France, these parents named Renaud who named their child Megan, and
    were consequently sued by the Renault carmaker because of the car
    already named "Mégane"...

> Trademark law should apply only to commercial operations.
> Since children are not commercial products, it should
> not apply to them.

That's indeed the law. If the carmaker sued them, that was abuse of law. I 
am not an expert in Franch trademark law, but it is all covered by an EU 
directive.
reinier 



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