Chanel loses EU Court spat with Huawei over famous logo

By LE Desk

April 21: Chanel lost a European Union court fight with Huawei Technologies Co. to protect its famous logo. Judges ruled in favour of a bid by Huawei to get an EU-wide trademark for a logo, which the French maker of tweed suits and No. 5 perfume said was too similar, Bloomberg reported. 

“The marks at issue share some similarities but their visual differences are significant,” the EU General Court in Luxembourg ruled today. “In particular, Chanel’s marks have more rounded curves, thicker lines and a horizontal orientation, whereas the orientation of the Huawei mark is vertical.” 

The decision can be appealed.

Huawei in 2017 applied for EU trademark protection for a logo it would use for computer hardware. Chanel opposed the bid, arguing the representation of two intertwining half-rings was similar to its protected logo, which it uses for products such as cosmetics, perfumes and clothing.

The EU’s Intellectual Property Office in 2019 rejected Chanel’s challenge, saying there wasn’t any risk that consumers would confuse the two images, Bloomberg said.

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