The German Federal Supreme Court decides on the likelihood of confusion between the marks AIDA and AIDU

The German Federal Supreme Court held that a likelihood of confusion between the trademarks AIDA and AIDU may not be given. Despite the oral and visual similarity of the two marks, the disputed mark AIDA has a meaning in the eyes of the public which the mark AIDU lacks: the title of the opera from Giuseppe Verdi. The case was remitted to the Higher Regional Court.