European Trademark Case Osho
In December 2010, a legal action has been initiated to prevent a monopolization of name „OSHO“ by any individual or group of people. The action implies the cancellation of a contested Community trade mark (CTM) „OSHO“ in Europe, similar as the trade mark „OSHO“ was made invalid in USA in 2009. The applicant is Osho Lotus Commune e.V., the parent organization of the Osho Uta Institute in Cologne, the biggest Osho Meditation Center in Europe. The owner of the contested CTM, Osho International Foundation, is a Swiss nonprofit corporation.
Here you can find more details about this process including formal documents submitted to the court, a list of affidavits calling for the deletion and revocation of the trade mark, and answers to frequently asked questions:
How the story started:
- Open Letter to the Inner Circle from Ramateertha
view as PDF file
How the story continued:
Formal documents submitted to (or received from) the court:
- Notification of a decision to the applicant, June 2014 view as PDF file
- Last submission, September 2013 view as PDF file
- Additional submission to CTM cancelation, January 2013 view as PDF file
- Reply to the CTM Owner’s observations, January 2013 view as PDF file
- Reply to the CTM Owner, January 2012 view as PDF file
- First formal submission, December 2010 view as PDF file
Affidavits calling for the trademark’s deletion as PDF files submitted from:
(NOTE: Some people who submitted affidavits asked not to put their text online.)
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