Spaces & hyphens
"BergKraft", "Berg-Kraft" or "Berg Kraft": joined, separated or hyphenated – the same word elements give the same name.
Separators don't separate the trademark
A hyphen or a space only changes the visual appearance, not the sound or the meaning. The public perceives "BergKraft" and "Berg-Kraft" as one and the same name.
Precisely because spellings with and without a space get mixed up in everyday use, they don't create a reliable protection distance.
Example
This is what such a collision looks like
Joined or separated – the same name
A hyphen is cosmetic. Spoken, it stays identical.
Does free basic protection detect this?
Free basic protection reports the identical spelling. Variants with a hyphen or space are reliably detected only by Pro's similarity analysis.
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This article is for information and does not constitute legal advice.