TRADEMARK OF THE WEEK – VERNEY-CARRON

VERNEY-CARRON is a French firearm manufacturing company that was founded in 1820 by gunmaker Claude Verney. It is based in Saint-Etienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and produces a wide variety of hunting shotguns and rifles. In 2004, VERNEY-CARRON purchased the traditional artisan gun-making company Demas, forming the L’Atelier Verney-Carron brand of antique firearms.

VERNEY-CARRON registered a figurative trademark with the EUIPO bearing the serial number 453845, on 8^th July 1980. The mark falls under class 13 of the international classification of goods and services for the purposes of the registration of marks. Since 1990, VERNEY-CARRON has been manufacturing defensive weapons called “Flash-Ball”, which have been adopted by several police and law enforcement agencies. In 1999, the company started manufacturing a new version of the Flash-Ball called the “Super Pro”, intended for the security sector, which has become an integral part of the weapons arsenal for the French National Police.