Protecting Jaffa Trademarks |
Jaffa is the trademark of the Israeli exported citrus. The brand name Jaffa is well known in many countries, where Israeli-produced citrus is sold during the past century. To unify the graphic form of its use, the CMBI released specific directions for use of the fruit brand and fruit packaging, The brand’s reputation and its accompanying economical value, created a motivation for using the Jaffa brand illegally by individuals in different countries to promote their products. The CMBI uses every legal action at its disposal, including legal suits, to stop the illegal use of the brand by unlicensed parties. Because of the high recognition of the Jaffa brand, The CMBI is looking into ways to commercialize the brand name by franchising it to various non-competitive companies. In the last few years the CMBI has established several licensing agreements with Japanese confectionary company, large dairy producers in |