trademark name translation
What power does the &quot;Translations&quot; section in Trademarks have?
<p>I have seen that someone trademarked their last name, "ABULAFIA". This last name is very ancient and appears in many scripts and translations dating back 1000 years. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abulafia_(surname)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> page for this surname has the translation for the name, with some history and background. </p>

<p>The translation of the name is essentially, 'Father of Health" or equivalent. The person who registered this trademark holds a similar variant of the surname. But in the trademark's form it is stated that the Word Mark has no translation in other languages. </p>

<p>It seems that the trademarks are centered around the food industry.  If someone with the same surname opens a food place, will the current trademark holder have much success in court? (basis on the fact that it is a common surename, and it has a translation).</p>

<ul>
<li>Abu or Abou (أبو abū), literally "father" but also carrying the
meaning "owner",</li>
<li>al or el (الـ), or simply l if the preceding word ends with a vowel, to which it attaches itself, is the definite article
equivalent to "the", and</li>
<li>Afiyya or Afia (عافية ʿāfiya), literally "health, wellbeing" but also carrying the meaning "power".</li>
</ul>

<p>You do not breach a trademark by using your own name. If your name happens to by Disney and you want to open a film studio, you can call it Disney and no one can stop you.</p>
