BREPAL

BREPAL LTD

(UK National Committee of EPAL)
840 Melton Road, Thurmaston, Leicester, LE4 8BN

Tel: 0116 264 0579, Fax: 0116 264 0141
Email: brepal@associationhq.org.uk

Trademark Protection and Product Responsibility

The EUR pallets respecting the regulations of UIC leaflets 435-2 and 435-3 and the "Technical Rule Book" of EPAL must bear on each length (flat pallet) respectively identification plate (boxpallet) the following trademarks:

The trademark protected by the International Bureau for Intellectual Property (OMPI) Geneva, and registered under No. 430 337.
The symbol of national railways authorized to attribute their mark according to UIC rules.
The quality label protected by the International Bureau for Intellectual Property, Geneva, as union trademark under No. 617 158.

The protection of the trademark EPAL by the EU office OHIM in Alicante (Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market - Trade, Marks and Designs) is published in the leaflet for community marks No. 1698 of 9^th March 1998, page 117.

Based on agreements with the railways EPAL has the right to grant the trademark and the symbol of the railways in recognition of the observance of the marking rules of EUR-pallets and the duty to pursue any infringements.

Any blocks exchanged during repairs must also bear the protected trademarks.

Producers and repairers of EUR-pallets must be licenzed to produce or to repair and have the right to use the protected trademarks.

Abuse or imitation of the protected trade marks shall be pursued by law.