Nestle Flexing its Corporate Might

GrindOnDemand

I'm a bit perplexed ... did a bit of research, & came up with this. The name's been owned & protected for the last 2 frickin decades by the Swiss giant, so why the recent media furore? Link: www.pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/atmoss/falcon_details.show_tm_details?p_tm_number=389603&p_search_no=1&p_ExtDisp=D&p_detail=DETAILED&p_rec_no=1&p_rec_all=2 Searched 'fafcaf', got no similarities so s'pose I'm on a winner?!

GrindOnDemand

Sorry, link just posted didn't work - just tried it post-posting! Search IP Australia, a fed gov website, click on ATMOSS, and go from there. Nestle has owned the word DECAF in Oz for much longer than the article indicated, yet it's been seemingly liability-free in the market-place for anyone to use for the same amount of time (???)

chefrob

Fafcaf sounds good, but what does it mean? Free of All Flavour is my bet!

GrindOnDemand

Yeah, FAFCAF I'd put out there as a comp trademark to Nestle legal schmucks if I can't use De***. Further with the acronym ... ForAllFrickinCaffeineAbsentFools Cheers facetiously T

fattylateplease

I heard a rumour they were trying to trademark a rosetta as well.

Head office had to ring a coffee consultant just to find out what a rosetta was. ;D

askthecoffeeguy

And the consultant charged them $100,000 just for the phone call, then he crossed over the road to Starbucks for a coffee!

GrindOnDemand

Heard a rumour that Nestle management assigned their photocopy boy to ask the coffee consultant what a 'rosella' was, not a rosetta. Now a certain multi-nat biscuit maker is sickin their legal hounds onto Nestle for poachin' their goddamned bird!!! Long live fafcaf

over_extracted

There was a case similar to this concerning Vitoria coffee a few years ago. It was over the word Aurora. And Vitoria took no prisoners.

GrindOnDemand

they may have similar probs with your spelling of their mothership - it's Vittorio. cheers, grammar GOD

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Actually, isn't it VittoriA Coffee??? L2L

GrindOnDemand

ya got me L2L! Even grammar GOD stuffs it sometimes. Maybe should even be spelt Vittori A stale coffee??