OSHO VIDEO

European Trademark Case Osho

In December 2010, a legal action has been initiated to prevent a monopolization of name “OSHO” by any individual or group of people. The action implies the cancellation of a contested Community trade mark (CTM) “OSHO” in Europe, similar as the trade mark “OSHO” was made invalid in USA in 2009. The applicant is Osho Lotus Commune e.V., the parent organization of the Osho Uta Institute in Cologne, the biggest Osho Meditation Center in Europe. The owner of the contested CTM, Osho International Foundation, is a Swiss nonprofit corporation.
Here you can find more details about this process including formal documents submitted to the court, a list of affidavits calling for the deletion and revocation of the trade mark, and answers to frequently asked questions:

• What is the story about? / Worum es geht?
• Who is responsible for creating the trade mark “OSHO”?
• Why should the trade mark “OSHO” be deleted in Europe?
• How was the trade mark “OSHO” deleted in USA?
• How can you support us? / Wie können Sie uns unterstützen?

How the story started:

• Open Letter to the Inner Circle from Ramateertha view as PDF file

How the story continued:

• Swiss Injunction to OIF / Massnahmenverfügung gegen OIF in der Schweiz
• Facebook Seiten nicht erreichbar
• Consequences for therapists / Konsenquenzen für Therapeuten

Formal documents submitted to (or received from) the court:

• Notification of a decision to the applicant, June 2014 view as PDF file
• Last submission, September 2013 view as PDF file
• Additional submission to CTM cancelation, January 2013  view as PDF file
• Reply to the CTM Owner’s observations, January 2013  view as PDF file
• Reply to the CTM Owner, January 2012  view as PDF file
• First formal submission, December 2010  view as PDF file

Affidavits calling for the trademark’s deletion as PDF files submitted from:
(NOTE: Some people who submitted affidavits asked not to put their text online.)

Adheera, Maria Westerman Anahato, Uwe Messerschmitt-Breitbach Anando, Ma Prem Aneesha, Laura Ross Anubuddha, Ronald Lee Modic Avikal, Emilio Costantino Chirantan, Barbara Land Devakirti, Wilko Iedema Devapath, Jochen Peters Divyam, Johanna Kranenburg Hiro, Anke Autzen Khoji, Timothy Michael Green Kutera, Gerardina Kurvers Laya, Elfi Rose Hauser Leela, Lydia Itzler Manish, Jean-Henri Simon

Nirad, Hubertina Verbeek-Heemskerk Navanita, Sharyn Harris Omkaranand, Pieter Dingjan Parigynana, Hans Bogers Parijato, Wolfgang Hardt Puja, Christiane Sturm Rafia, John Morgan Ramateertha, Robert Doetsch Rani, Birgit Willems Samarona, Ronald Buunk Shunyam, Peter Schaden Turiya, Lena Marie Hanover Vasubandhu, Paul Henri Macquoy Vasumati, Sharon Hancock Veetman, Ulrich Masshoefer Siddhartha, Mattheus van Langen