Fabucci Footwear, Stabilo Highlighters & Snugglebugs

Below you’ll find the most recent trademark applications filed with the Irish Patents Office The most interesting one (for me) is the Stabilo Highlighter application, where you’ll see that they are applying to protect the design and shape (effectively) of what we all know as that particular brand of highlighter. It is possible to trademark shapes as Trademarks, provided that the shape isn’t necessary to achieve a technical function or doesn’t give the sole value to the product. This kind of trademark would prevent you then from releasing highlighters in the same shape as those highlighters, but not releasing highlighters in another shape.  

Trademark Number	Trademark	Device	Date of Application / Registration	Status	Applicant / Proprietor	Goods & Services Classes
2016/01717	BROGHIES IRELAND		16/08/2016	Pending	JA Broghies Ireland ltd	30
2016/01718	NIBRT		17/08/2016	Pending	Killian O’Driscoll	41, 42
2016/01719			17/08/2016	Pending	Verily Life Sciences LLC	5, 9, 10, 16
2016/01720			17/08/2016	Pending	DEIRDRE O HARA	35
2016/01721			17/08/2016	Pending	Schwan-ST…	16
2016/01722			17/08/2016	Pending	Tricia Nugent	18, 41