France jurisdiction report: The case of ‘Neuschwanstein’
The name of this famous German castle, which Ludwig II of Bavaria designed and built, and in which he was arrested in 1886, belongs to the State of Bavaria. The state filed the name of this castle as a European trademark in many classes of goods and services (3, 8, 14–16, 18, 21, 25, 28, 30, 32–36, 38 and 44) and the application was accepted for registration by the EUIPO on July 22, 2011.
