Compass Publishes Yellow Sea Import Warning

Compass Group Ltd, the EU-wide owner of the Yellow Sea Community Trade Mark has warned importers selling Yellow Sea tyres without its permission that it will take legal action. The statement reads: “It has come to the attention of the Compass Group Ltd that certain people and/or Companies in the EU have been/are importing/selling our Yellow Sea brand tyres into the EU without the authorisation of the Compass Group Ltd, and by doing this they are infringing our above mentioned and long standing Trade Mark.

“We therefore give notice that our lawyers will, without further warning, take all necessary legal action, including seeking substantial damages, against those aforementioned entities who infringe our ‘Yellow Sea’ Trade Mark…Compass Group Ltd is the owner in the EU of the ‘Yellow Sea’ CTM (Community Trade Mark), granted under a Certificate of Registration (No 4164489) issued by the OHIM (Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market) in the EU.”