The German company that owns the Green Dot trademark and GreenPak, holders of the rights to make use of the trademark in Malta, have filed two separate judicial protests against Green.MT Ltd., claiming they used a similar trademark.

Green.MT is a non-profit, waste management organisation set up by the Malta Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (GRTU).

The Green Dot trademark is used on packaging to notify consumers, retailers and authorities that payment has been made to GreenPak to collect, sort and recycle packaging waste.

In their judicial protests, filed in the First Hall of the Civil Court, the owner company, Der Grüne Punkt Duales System, as well as GreenPak, claimed that the Green.MT and the Green Dot trademarks could easily be confused.

They added that Green.MT was using the trademark illegally and that Green Dot had invested greatly in building its reputation.

By means of their judicial protests, the companies are calling on Green.MT to pay for damages and it is holding the organisation responsible should they carry on using the trademark and distributing any material carrying the trademark.

The GreenPak writ was signed by Dr Antoine Naudi, while Dr Luigi A. Sansone and legal procurator Jean-Pierre Busuttil signed the writ in the name of the German company.