Trademark on the word 'Osho' refused to Osho International Foundation.
Posted by: gorakh
Topic About Osho
Osho International Foundation Zurich (the legal holder of trademarks and copyrights related to Osho) have lost the trademark of the word "Osho" as related to meditations and related usages. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board found that "the term Osho is generic for the meditations devised by the mystic Osho and the meditation and religious movement arising therefrom. As a result defendant [OIF] cannot foreclose others from utilizing the term OSHO to describe their own goods and services based upon such meditations and movements."
The decision effects 13 different trademarks or usages of the word OSHO. It is the result of an opposition lodged by Osho Friends International against Osho International Foundation (OFI v OIF). OFI also accused OIF of committing fraud by registering the trademarks, but this was not upheld by the courts decision. The opposition case was started in November 2000 after OIF had filed for the trademark to Osho Active Meditations (they had previously filed for trademarks starting in April 1999). A full time line is available here. The full decision from the court is available from the USPTO.
FROM USPTO site:
"DECISION: plaintiff's petition to cancel is hereby granted on the ground of genericness as to Registration Nos. 1815840, 2180173 and 2174607. Plaintiff's petition to cancel is further granted on the ground of mere descriptiveness as to Registration No. 2322901. Accordingly, these registrations will be cancelled in due course. Plaintiff's oppositions to the registration of application Serial Nos. 75834601; 76159554; 76159553; 76060676; 75683097; 76210213; 76158894; 76158895; and 76158893 are sustained on the ground of mere descriptiveness."
Here are the trademarks effected:
OSHO ACTIVE MEDITATIONS in application serial No. 75834601.
OSHO ZEN TAROT, Application Serial No. 76159554
OSHO TRANSFORMATION TAROT, App Ser No 76159553
OSHO KUNDALINI MEDITATION, App Ser No 76060676OSHO App Ser No 75683097
OSHO NADABRAHMA MEDITATION App Ser No 76210213
OSHO MEDITATION RESORT App Ser No 76158894
OSHO MULTIVERSITY App Ser No 76158895
OSHO TIMES App Ser No 76158893
OSHO REBALANCING App Ser No 2322901The case involved testimony from many sannyasins, in particular from Osho Deepta (Yogananda, Sangeet, Krishna Priya, Sudhasadan) in California, Osho Viha and OshoWorld.com.
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Posted by: gorakh
Topic About Osho
Osho International Foundation Zurich (the legal holder of trademarks and copyrights related to Osho) have lost the trademark of the word "Osho" as related to meditations and related usages. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board found that "the term Osho is generic for the meditations devised by the mystic Osho and the meditation and religious movement arising therefrom. As a result defendant [OIF] cannot foreclose others from utilizing the term OSHO to describe their own goods and services based upon such meditations and movements."
The decision effects 13 different trademarks or usages of the word OSHO. It is the result of an opposition lodged by Osho Friends International against Osho International Foundation (OFI v OIF). OFI also accused OIF of committing fraud by registering the trademarks, but this was not upheld by the courts decision. The opposition case was started in November 2000 after OIF had filed for the trademark to Osho Active Meditations (they had previously filed for trademarks starting in April 1999). A full time line is available here. The full decision from the court is available from the USPTO.
FROM USPTO site:
"DECISION: plaintiff's petition to cancel is hereby granted on the ground of genericness as to Registration Nos. 1815840, 2180173 and 2174607. Plaintiff's petition to cancel is further granted on the ground of mere descriptiveness as to Registration No. 2322901. Accordingly, these registrations will be cancelled in due course. Plaintiff's oppositions to the registration of application Serial Nos. 75834601; 76159554; 76159553; 76060676; 75683097; 76210213; 76158894; 76158895; and 76158893 are sustained on the ground of mere descriptiveness."
Here are the trademarks effected:
OSHO ACTIVE MEDITATIONS in application serial No. 75834601.
OSHO ZEN TAROT, Application Serial No. 76159554
OSHO TRANSFORMATION TAROT, App Ser No 76159553
OSHO KUNDALINI MEDITATION, App Ser No 76060676OSHO App Ser No 75683097
OSHO NADABRAHMA MEDITATION App Ser No 76210213
OSHO MEDITATION RESORT App Ser No 76158894
OSHO MULTIVERSITY App Ser No 76158895
OSHO TIMES App Ser No 76158893
OSHO REBALANCING App Ser No 2322901The case involved testimony from many sannyasins, in particular from Osho Deepta (Yogananda, Sangeet, Krishna Priya, Sudhasadan) in California, Osho Viha and OshoWorld.com.
http://www.sannyasworld.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=940
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