Seems like another lifetime ago when I was a kid just into Nitro R\C model airplanes, we used a special paint that was nitro methane proof, not even gasoline would touch it when fully cured..it took like three days to fully dry..it came in every color and shade of the rainbow. I think the brand was Top flight or some such. We would often joke about how wet fresh painted planes flew the best, no patience, gotta see how this one flys tonight! Anyhow if I ever paint a saw I don't want gas to goop it up, and I'd probably search for nitro proof paint in a close match for color. Oh and it was refered to as airplane dope not paint back then..
In a recent ruling (Andreas Stihl v EUIPO (Case T-193/18)), the EU General Court has annulled a EUIPO decision that found a colour trade mark, consisting of a combination of the colours grey and orange, was invalid. This ruling provides a more optimistic outlook for colour marks than is often...
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"In 2008, Andreas Stihl AG & Co KG ("Andreas Stihl"), a German manufacturer of chainsaws and other handheld power tools, filed an application to register a colour sign as an EU trade mark (EUTM) for 'chainsaws' in Class 7. The sign was a combination of colours per se (i.e. colours which are not spatially delimited) comprising 'orange (RAL 2010)' and 'grey (RAL 7035)'."
So we know that at this time in 2008, these were the colors trademarked by Stihl.
RAL Classic color chart with table of names and codes. RAL colors is the most popular color standard used today for varnish, powder coating, plastics, etc.
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