![]() It's like trademarking the union jack and then saying we can't use that image either. Especially as they didn't even invent it.Īnd so, thousands of reputable people and businesses are now violating EU trademark which obviously now means UK trademark) laws because these 'people' managed to get away with it. I find it hard to believe that this, this, (can't think of any name that is printable) company has the gall to take what I believe is a national institution and make it their own. ![]() I for one am really, really angry about this. As no-one has complained/objected the trademark was granted in March this year. Effectively, what they have done is go to CTM (this is an EU body that deals with EU trademarking) and registered the trademark with them, thereby circumnavigating the UK trademark laws. However, in the reply I received from the 'legal people', they told me that it had indeed been registered as Community Trademark (CTM) Registration No: 9455619. After 50 years, Crown Copyright expired and it was legal for all to produce merchandise with this logo.Ī Guardian article ( read it here) by Jon Henley in 2009 stated that Mike Coop (of Keep Calm and Carry On Ltd) had tried to trademark the name, but it appears, without success. So I decided to email eBay and they said I should contact these people -> is what appears to have happened.Īs has been said before, the slogan and image was created by the government in 1939. I know somebody who has also just received a 'notice' from eBay and she got pretty upset by it. I actually make vinyl signs and decals and, of course, this is one of the items I produce. Short-sleeves unisex sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL. Available in basic black with a red call box, exclusively from BBC America Shop, and in red. ![]() ![]() Rediscovered 70 years later, its just as effective today, lifting our spirits and stiffening upper lips. The distinctly British slogan appeared on posters as a reassuring message from King George VI at the outbreak of World War II.
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