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ZKL Klášterec nad Ohří, a. s. was the ZKL trade mark owner combined, entered under No 152893 in the trade marks register with the Industrial Property Office, and the trade mark verbal, entered under No 151740 at the same Office (hereinafter trade marks) until November 21, 2001, when the trade mark was transferred by contract to the ZKL, a. s. ownership.
Other Group entities using the trade marks based on the contract with their owner exert this authority in accordance with business practice and good manners of economic competition while complying with the principles of ZKL trade mark administration issued by the parent company in the form of a co-ordinated cooperation act.

The right to use ZKL trade marks

(status as of January 31, 2010)
The ZKL trade mark owner confers the right to use the ZKL trade mark based on the licence agreements that are registered at the Industrial Property Office (or other institution in this competency) of a respective country.  
The licence agreement delineates the extent of rights to denote bearings with the ZKL trade marks. The user right to use the ZKL trade marks in a business name (business company) is defined in a similar way. 
The list below shows the companies using the ZKL trade names.  
The only authorizedentity which is entitled to issue the certificates of an authorized distributor and exclusive representation to the trading companies dealing with ZKL bearings trading, is ZKL Bearings CZ, a. s., based in Brno, the Czech Republic.
 
Companies entitled to use the ZKL trade mark in their business company name (trading company) are as follows:

 

*)special-purpose companies are established especially for providing specific services to ZKL Group companies and to users and other bearings producers.

Companies entitled to mark their produced bearings with the ZKL trade mark based on a licence agreement are as follows:

Production range additional extension is handled by the ZKL Group companies through bearing production cooperation agreements with ZKL trade mark denoting which are distributed exclusively through ZKL Bearings CZ, a. s., a ZKL sales company.

Warning:The companies not listed in the above schedule are not entitled to denote their produced bearings with the ZKL trade mark and if they do, it is without authorization and contrary to law, namely the Trade Mark Act (No 137/95 Coll.) and the Commercial Code (No 513/91 Coll.)

Please forward the questions related to any doubts as to bearing authenticity and ZKL trade marks handling head@zklgroup.cz, where they will be addressed.

Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration

The following list reviews the valid trade mark certifications in individual countries. To open a PDF file with the certification click on the respective link. 

Continent	Country	Trademark type	File
Europe	Czech republic	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Europe	Denmark	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Europe	Estonia	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Europe	Cyprus	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Europe	Lithuania	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Europe	Latvia	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Europe	Greece	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Europe	Slovakia	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Asia	India	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Asia	Korea	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Asia	Singapore	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Asia	United Arab Emirates	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Asia	Syria	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Asia	Taiwan	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Asia	Turkey	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
America	Argentina	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
America	Brasil	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
America	Equador	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
America	Canada	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
America	El Salvador	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
America	Paraguay	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
America	Uruguay	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
America	USA	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration
Australia and Oceania	Australia	Certificate of ZKL trade mark registration

Trade mark colours

Basic trade mark colours.	Negative trade mark colours. The circumstances under which such a negative colour appearance can be used are described in the ZKL Group graphics manual.

Certificate of NEW FORCE trade mark registration

The following list reviews the valid trade mark certifications in individual countries. Currently the NEW FORCE marks certifications are being completed also in other countries. To open a PDF file with the certification in a new window click on the respective link. 

Continent	Country	Trademark type	File
Europe	Czech republic	Certification of the NEW FORCE trade mark registration
America	USA	Certification of the NEW FORCE trade mark registration

Basic trade mark colours.	Negative trade mark colours. The circumstances under which such a negative colour appearance can be used are described in the ZKL Group graphics manual.

Certification of industrial designs registration

The following list reviews the valid industrial designs certifications in individual countries. Currently another registrations are being completed not only in the industrial design field but in the patent field as well. To open a PDF file with the certification in a new window click on the respective link. 

Industrial design “Box for ZKL bearings”

Continent	Country	Trademark type	File
Europe	Czech republic	Industrial design Box for ZKL bearings
Asia	Argentina	Industrial design Box for ZKL bearings
Asia	Singapore	Industrial design Box for ZKL bearings
Asia	Taiwan	Industrial design Box for ZKL bearings
America	Brasil	Industrial design Box for ZKL bearings
America	USA	Industrial design Box for ZKL bearings
Australia and Oceania	Australia	Industrial design Box for ZKL bearings

Other industrial and utility models

Continent	Country	Trademark type	File
Europe	Czech republic	Bearing chamber and bearing chamber cover
Europe	Czech republic	Cage for double row spherical roller bearings
Europe	Czech republic	Double row spherical roller bearing with hollow spherical rollers
Europe	Czech republic	Output shaft arrangement for large-volume revolving containers drive with an inclined rotation axis
Europe	Slovakia	Output shaft arrangement for large-volume revolving containers drive with an inclined rotation axis