U.S. Restructuring and 3rd quarter results 2008
U.S. Restructuring and Q3 Results 2008
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Deutsche Post World Net takes strong action to reduce U.S. Express loss
DHL Express to focus on international competencies in the U.S. and exit U.S. domestic air and ground business.
Read MoreLa Poste sell-off plan on hold
Plans for a partial privatisation of France’s La Poste will not go ahead whilst current market conditions prevail.
Read MoreDHL slashing European IT jobs
DHL is halving the number of IT staff it employs and despatching the jobs to Prague in the Czech Republic.
DHL IT Services will cut 400 jobs across Europe and the UK. But at the same time it will add 200 people to its service centre in Prague. DHL opened its Czech data centre in 2003 and was mulling a full move of IT functions as long ago as 2004.
An internal email seen by The Register said the company would move hosting and support service, collaboration services, service desk workers and development services to the Czech capital.
European countries where jobs will be lost are: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxemburg; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Switzerland and the UK.
Federal Court of Justice grants protection for "Post" brand
The registered trademark “Post” will continue to be protected by law. This follows a ruling by the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in which it upheld an appeal by Deutsche Post against the revoking of its “Post” trademark.
Almost 85 per cent of German consumers associate the term “post” with Deutsche Post.
Competitors of Deutsche Post had filed opposition to registration of the brand and in April 2007 they were successful in this endeavor before the German Federal Patent Court.
The decision by the Federal Court of Justice overturns that ruling.
The term “Post” was registered with the German Federal Patent and Trademark Office in 2003 as a so-called word mark of Deutsche Post. The background to this registration was a report which found that 84.6 per cent of consumers associated the term “Post” with Deutsche Post.
In June of this year the Federal Court of Justice ruled in two specific cases on how protection of the “Post” trademark should be interpreted in practice. They ruled that use of the term “Post” by competitors of Deutsche Post was only admissible in cases where they provided appropriate additional information in their business correspondence or advertising.
It was not, however, admissible to combine the word “Post” with other distinctive elements such as the color yellow or the post horn symbol which would increase the risk of confusion with the Deutsche Post brand.
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