read two similar things some months ago
- Ferrero (chocolate company) successfully sued the NGO website
www.kinder.de for trademark violation.
"kinder" is one of their brand names but also the German word for children.
The site was offering advice for young parents.
- German Telekom tried to register the colour combination of Magenta and White unsuccessfully. They also tried to gain rights for all websites starting with the letter "t" (NO joke!)