Rieker Logo PNG
Rieker is a footwear brand founded in Tuttlingen, Germany, in 1874. Its logo brings together the lowercase name, a fleur-de-lis and a circular border. Trademark records document that combination, while the images below offer visual comparisons rather than independently verified redesign dates.
Meaning and history
A Madrid gazette records Rieker Holding AG’s international registration 1426499, with a Swiss priority date of 23 April 2018 and an international filing date of 18 July 2018; it lists classes covering leather goods and footwear. A separate US application filed on 18 July 2018 describes lowercase stylized wording on a shaded fleur-de-lis within a circle. These records establish the combination by 2018, not when a redesign took place (Madrid gazette; US application record).
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This stage image appears dark, with no discernible logo to compare. A 1996 date field in a figurative Rieker mark gazette record indicates an earlier registration record, but does not establish the artwork or the start date for this image’s stage (gazette record).
2008 – 2018
Here the red wordmark sits below a fleur-de-lis, with no circular border. Compared with the enclosed mark shown in the following stage image, this is an open, vertically arranged composition. The date range is an archive label, not a documented redesign period.
2019 – Today
This version places the lowercase wordmark across the fleur-de-lis inside a single-line circle. A US registration record describes those elements and records a filing date of 15 October 2019 and registration on 8 September 2020. The same general combination appears in the 2018 application record, so the stage heading should not be read as proof that the design began in 2019 (US registration record; 2018 application record).
Wordmark, symbol and color
The mark combines lowercase lettering with a fleur-de-lis and circular outline. The 2018 US application describes the lettering as lowercase and states that no color is claimed. The red and white shown in the archive images are therefore visible presentations, not a claimed color feature in that application. The records describe the elements but do not establish a meaning for the fleur-de-lis.
Company background
Rieker began in 1874 as Rieker & Seitz, founded by Heinrich Rieker and Carl Seitz in Tuttlingen. The brand’s company history also describes its Swiss-based group and its sister brand remonte (Rieker history; Rieker brand site).
Disclaimer
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