The former soccer player’s children will be able to use the commercial name that Maradona had for clothing, footwear, hospitality and computer services. The documents presented by Matías Morla were not approved.
The sons of Diego Maradona won their fight over the use of the soccer idol’s name on Tuesday after Europe’s second highest court said the Argentine company Sattvicabelonging to his former lawyer Matias Morla, I had no right to the trademark.
In 2008, Maradona obtained a trademark with his name for clothing, footwear, hospitality and computer services.
After his death in 2020, Sattvic asked the EU patent office, EUIPO, to transfer the trademark to the company based on a 2015 document issued by Maradona in which it authorized the commercial use of the brand by Sattvic and another undated agreement. Later, the heirs of Maradona They asked the EUIPO to annul the transfer recorded in its register.
In a decision last year, the EU patent agency said that Sattvic had not presented documents confirming the transfer of the trademark to the company. Sattvic He then took his case to the General Court, the second highest in Europe, in Luxembourg.
“The documents presented by that company do not formally justify a transfer of the trademark in its favor under a contract signed between the two parties. (Sattvica and Maradona)“the judges said.
“In addition, as Maradona had died before the request for registration of the transfer was submitted, Sattvica could not correct the irregularities detected. Nor could it present any other document”they pointed out.
Sattvic can appeal to the Court of Justice of the EU, the highest European judicial instance.
Source: Ambito
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