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ASI says Calgary bike shop can use Roubaix name

ASI (= Fuji) behauptet, die weltweiten Rechte am Roubaix Trade Mark zu haben. Specialized habe eine Lizenz von ihnen, die ihnen aber nicht erlaube, den Fahrradladen zu verfolgen und überhaupt sei Specializeds eigene Anmeldung in Kanada nicht korrekt.

Mit dem Fahrradladen habe man kein Problem. Der müsse sich zwar eine Lizenz besorgen, aber es hört sich nicht so an, als wollten sie ihn da abzocken.

“We are in the process of notifying Specialized that they did not have the authority, as part of our license agreement, to stop Daniel Richter … from using the Roubaix name,” Cunnane said in an email to BRAIN. “While ASI does have the authority to object to Mr. Richter’s use of the name and while we at ASI understand the importance of protecting our bicycle model names, we believe that Mr. Richter did not intend for consumers to confuse his brick-and-mortar establishment or his wheel line with our Roubaix road bike. And we believe consumers are capable of distinguishing his bike shop and wheel line from our established bikes.”

According to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Specialized registered the Roubaix name in 2007 for use on “Bicycles, bicycle frames, and bicycle components, namely bicycle handlebars, bicycle front fork, and bicycle tires.”

But Cunnane said that registration was “inappropriate.”

“Like many trademark owners, ASI does not register its trademarks in every country and never tried to register the mark in Canada. ASI only recently learned of Specialized’s registration of the Roubaix trademark in Canada and ASI’s position is that Specialized’s registration of the mark in Canada was inappropriate under the terms of their license agreement. ASI has used the mark in Canada for well over 10 years, giving it first-use trademark rights in Canada.”

Das macht die PR-Katastrophe für Specialized nicht gerade kleiner.
Das sie sich bisher nicht öffentlich geäußert und einen Rückzieher gemacht haben, auch nicht ...