Why cant Australian Sheepskin Boot sellers and manufacturers sell their products with the word UGG Boot.

It is a Generic Name for the Style of Boot.

I understand that you cannot Copyright and trademark that word UGG in Australia and New Zealand.

This is wrong

Quoting from [gc141170]:


Why cant Australian Sheepskin Boot sellers and manufacturers sell their products with the word UGG Boot. It is a Generic Name for the Style of Boot.I understand that you cannot Copyright and trademark that word UGG in Australia and New Zealand.


This is wrong

 Hi Gc141170


we understand your problem: but what is the use of posting this question here? I am watching this question from the beginning of the posting: why noboday has touched this question????

Replying to [gc141170]:asi understand the guy that first made them here reg the name as a business name and it's still registred

even though i believe the Co. changed hands

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Replying to [gc141170]:we can sell australian manufactured ugg boots under this name UGG Boots is a generic product native to australia as determined by intelectual authorities in Australia and elsewhere.

"UGG Australia" seems to think that it owns the name UGG. This is not true.

www.uggbootsforall.com.au

Replying to [gc141170]:It is important to recognise that the trade mark in question (number 785466) is a composite mark. This means that trade mark protection only applies for the way the mark looks or appears in its entirety, rather than the words used within it. The trade mark at the centre of this decision consists of a combination of the words UGG, Australia and the image of an oval sun with flames under the words.

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