[MM-MALTS-L] Re: Thai Bev = malt whisky distillery?

[Michael Redlich]

Is the Thai Red Bull Distillery related to T.C. Pharmaceutical, the Thai company that introduced Red Bull (Krating Daeng) in 1962, and later in 1984 allowed Dietrich Mateschitz to market Red Bull worldwide, in return for a 51% stake in his firm, Red Bull GmbH. ?

Michael

"Ulf Buxrud" <ulf at buxrud.se> wrote: 
>Correct Mark,
>
>and do not forget that Tade Marks are usually registered per a narrow 
>defined 'product' group, not as a monopoly to use a set sequence of letters. 
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>In the Thai Red Bull case it is a name for a distillery,  not a product, and 
>in use since 1988. 
>
>Ulf 
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Mark Gillespie" <mark at whiskycast.com>
>To: <mm-malts-l at grsnet.net>
>Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 19:20:46 -0400
>Subject: [MM-MALTS-L] Re: Thai Bev = malt whisky distillery?
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>>>Interesting, "Red Bull" is an International registrered Trademark :
> 
>Well, it wouldn’t be the first time Thais have been accused of 
>intellectual property issues
but while “Red Bull” may be registered 
>internationally
I believe one still has to claim “first use” in each 
>country to enforce that trademark

> 
>Of course, I’m not a lawyer
and I could well be wrong

> 
>Mark

mvh
Michael Redlich

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