茶颜悦色与茶颜观色商标争议 知名度在商标侵权案中的考量
茶颜悦色品牌于2013年诞生在湖南长沙,因其独特的风格和口感,另广大消费者喜爱,尤其在长沙,成为许多年轻人时尚的标志,都要打卡这家网红店,现如今,已经拥有了200多家分店。 可在2019年5月,一家与“茶颜悦色”仅一字之差的“茶颜观色”奶茶店在长沙开业,并且在长沙乃至全国很多地方都开设了店面,随之而来的,是一场备受关注的知识产权之争。
茶颜悦色品牌于2013年诞生在湖南长沙,因其独特的风格和口感,另广大消费者喜爱,尤其在长沙,成为许多年轻人时尚的标志,都要打卡这家网红店,现如今,已经拥有了200多家分店。 可在2019年5月,一家与“茶颜悦色”仅一字之差的“茶颜观色”奶茶店在长沙开业,并且在长沙乃至全国很多地方都开设了店面,随之而来的,是一场备受关注的知识产权之争。
国际商标协会著名及驰名商标委员会(FWKMC)美国分会更新了美国商标淡化判例数据库,更新后的数据库收录了2010-2016年间的约80份涉及商标知名度实体认定的TTAB决定。在这些TTAB案件中,有29%的案件认定异议申请人的商标有知名度,此外,有11%的案例,认定有知名度的商标遭受了商标淡化。也就是说,在异议申请人的商标被认定为有知名度的案例中,超过三分之一的案例同时也认定了商标淡化。那么,商标知名度是否能够视为影响商标淡化判定的因素呢,这就需要原告提交大量具有实质意义的证据,证明其商标在异议商标申请日之前的知名度,这样才能使商标淡化的主张得到支持。
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