Whooga Ugg boots warning! Do not buy!

spacey2012

I wonder how many people buying the fake versions realise they are made from dog skin !

earthstorm

pulliptears wrote: »

Ugg is a generic term in Australia....



Read

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugg_boots_trademark_dispute

well try and register the UGG trademark and you will find you cant. i will not inform the trademark council that they are another company that must consult MSE users as they know best. i provided a link with all legally TRADEMARK registrations and reg. numbers for UGG, but it seem MSE users think these are fake.

wealdroam

I thought the reason you couldn't register Ugg as a trademark in Australia was simply because, as Pulliptears said, Ugg is a generic term in Australia.

Now, I could be wrong here, so please feel free to correct me.

pulliptears

wealdroam wrote: »

I thought the reason you couldn't register Ugg as a trademark in Australia was simply because, as Pulliptears said, Ugg is a generic term in Australia.

Now, I could be wrong here, so please feel free to correct me.

Precisely that Weald. Deckers (Ugg Australia's manufacturer) went to court, lots of small independent Ugg boot makers went also basically saying "Hang on, we've been making these Ugg boots since before Deckers existed" and they won the right to call an Ugg an Ugg.

Deckers have the logo rights and the term 'Ugg Australia' but the term Ugg is generic there as country of origin.

FWIW, having owned Deckers Ugg Australia and Warmbat Uggs, I'd go with the original Aussie Uggs over the Deckers every day of the week.

earthstorm

Well mi would suggest those on here look at this link

http://www.deckers.com/ugg-is-a-brand/world.html

and look down you will see a place called AUSTRALIA with a Trademark and trademark REGISTRATION NUMBER. this means UGG is trademarked to DECKERS

Trade Mark : 785466
Word: UGG
Image: OVAL SUN,FLAMES UNDER WORDS
Lodgement Date: 12-FEB-1999
Registered From: 12-FEB-1999
Date of Acceptance: 13-MAR-2000
Acceptance Advertised: 30-MAR-2000
Registration Advertised: 17-AUG-2000
Entered on Register: 02-AUG-2000
Renewal Due: 12-FEB-2019
Class/es: 25
Status: Registered/Protected
Kind: n/a
Type of Mark: Composite
Owner/s: Deckers Outdoor Corporation
495-A South Fairview Avenue
Goleta California 93117
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA



Address for Service: K&L Gates
Level 25 South Tower
525 Collins Street
MELBOURNE VIC 3000
AUSTRALIA


Goods & Services

Class: 25 Footwear, including boots, shoes, and clogs

History
Opposition

Indexing Details - Word Constituents AUSTRALIA UGG
Indexing Details - Image Constituents ELLIPSE OVAL ROUND SUN,FLAMES

OlliesDad

earthstorm wrote: »

Well mi would suggest those on here look at this link

http://www.deckers.com/ugg-is-a-brand/world.html

and look down you will see a place called AUSTRALIA with a Trademark and trademark REGISTRATION NUMBER. this means UGG is trademarked to DECKERS

I believe that trademark is in reference to how the word UGG appears, not on the actual use of the word (hence why the image is described).

I think they are being creative on their website by not fully stipulating what the trademark actually means. The trademark for the word UGG was, as identified above, removed from the register.

It is easy to be misled on this.. don't feel bad.

pulliptears

OlliesDad wrote: »

I believe that trademark is in reference to how the word UGG appears, not on the actual use of the word (hence why the image is described).

I think they are being creative on their website by not fully stipulating what the trademark actually means. The trademark for the word UGG was, as identified above, removed from the register.

It is easy to be misled on this.. don't feel bad.

Correct I believe.

Bob Baldwin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Australian Minister for Industry, Tourism, and Resources clarified in a press release late last month that the latest decision concerns a composite trade mark which combines the word UGG with the word Australia and the image of an oval sun with flames. “This means that trade mark protection applies for the way the mark looks or appears in its entirety, rather than the words within it”, said the Hon Bob Baldwin.