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In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA


Ministr! of "ra#e an# In#ustr! Assistant Ministerial A,enc! for -e,al Affairs REBUTTAL "heir Grace the /resi#ent an# Mem0ers of the 1n# 2ircle

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May the peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you


Subject: Our rebuttal to the Statement of Claim

Reference to -a3suit No. 4('%)&$)*)5 file# 0! Daimler AG 2o. a,ainst the #ecision issue# 0! the "ra#e Mar6 Office for acce7tin, the re,istration a77lication of the tra#emar6 No. $)*)'$$%8, 3hich com7rises the -atin 3or# 9SAN:;, an# to77e# 3ith com7letel! sha#e# circles an# trian,les as 3ell as a <ariet! of #esi,ns in a trian,ular sha7e un#er 3hich the 3or# 4SAN:5 is inscri0e#, an# 3hich is 7lace# un#er cate,or! 4)5. Accor#in,l!, 0elo3 is m! outline# res7onse: A. In form: +a<in, re<ie3e# the 7a7ers of the claim, 3e #i# not 7ro<e that the 2laimant ha# file# the la3suit 3ithin a 7erio# of ninet! 4='5 #a!s, as 7ro<i#e# for in Article $%> an# so 3e refer to the 2ircle to ma6e sure of that. B. In su0stance: $. Base# on Article 415 of the e?istin, "ra#emar6 Re,ulation, 7ro<i#in, that 99A si,ns, lo,os, 0anners an# other thin,s ..ma! not 0e consi#ere# or re,istere# as a tra#emar6.;. /ara. 4l5 on the si,ns i#entical or similar to the tra#emar6s 3hich ha# alrea#! 0een #e7osite# or re,istere# 0! others of i#entical or similar 7ro#ucts or ser<ices... . In a##ition, Article 1$ thereof sti7ulates that: @ ... A re,istere# tra#emar6As o3ner hol#s the ri,ht to file a la3suit to 7re<ent an! thir# 7arties from usin, same or an! other similar si,ns that 3oul# mislea# the 7u0lic 3ith res7ect to the 7ro#ucts or ser<ices, for 3hich the tra#emar6s 3ere re,istere# as 3ell as for similar 7ro#ucts or ser<ices.@ 1. "he Ministr! acce7te# to ha<e the su0Bect tra#emar6 re,istere#, com7risin, the -atin 3or# @SAN:@ to77e# 3ith com7letel! sha#e# circles an# com7letel! sha#e# trian,les as 3ell as a <ariet! of trian,ular forms. It is classifie# un#er 2ate,or! No. 4)5 in accor#ance 3ith the a77lie# tra#emar6s

la3 an# re,ulator! 7roce#ures> 3hereas no similar or i#entical si,ns to the su0Bect tra#emar6 ha<e 0een foun#. But the 2laimantAs tra#emar6 has the form of circles 3ith internal trian,les in a s7ecial form. Since the reason for 0annin, there 0ein, an! similarit! is that it ma! mislea# the customers, 3hich is true in terms of the inte,rit! of 0oth si,ns, not in 7art of thereof. "he e?istence of a 7artial similarit! in the t3o 0ran#s is not enou,h to alle,e that there is a similarit! 0et3een these t3o 0ran#s 0ecause such a com7arison 0et3een the t3o 0ran#s 3oul# 0e reasona0le if 0oth of them 3ere #ealt 3ith as a 3hole not a7art. A77l!in, this to the su0Bect situation, it can 0e #emonstrate# that the t3o tra#emar6s are NO" "+. SAM. in form, ,eneral sha7e an# rh!thm. Whereas the word SA ! has a uni"ue characteristic in itself and can be distin#uished b$ an$ %erson throu#h normal hearin# or seein#& The word SA ! can be reco#ni'ed b$ mere hearin# or seein#& *. In 3itness 3hereu7on, I 6in#l! reCuest !ou to inte,rate SAN: Grou7 2o. -imite# an# to reBect the la3suit. /rosecutor Re7resentati<e of the Ministr! of "ra#e an# In#ustr! 2ounselor: Fa3aD Al A#ham .l AnD!

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