Felicia Hofner, a German woman living in the Blue Chip City, has a channel that was called German Girl in America until just now. She started her channel in September 2017 and uploaded her first video in January the following year. I don't know about other countries' trademark laws but the American one distinguishes between descriptive and distinctive ones. In spite of when Feli started her channel, when she upload her first video and how popular she already was in 2019, Karen, who runs a website called German Girl in America, registered the name as a trademark in August the following year, which itself was in spite of the U.S trademark law distinguishing between descriptive and distinctive marks and the name 'German Girl in America' describing young German female immigrants.
Karen is not one by the way but an older woman born the the U.S.A to German parents. Feli was told by a lawyer that Karen asked her to stop using the "trademark". Feli denies that Karen told her that.
A question for lawyers is why would the U.S trademark and patent office regard a name like that as distinctive mark?
Karen is not one by the way but an older woman born the the U.S.A to German parents. Feli was told by a lawyer that Karen asked her to stop using the "trademark". Feli denies that Karen told her that.
A question for lawyers is why would the U.S trademark and patent office regard a name like that as distinctive mark?