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Sep 28, 2016
Roland Mallinson, Taylor Wessing, United Kingdom
First published on Brands Update
https://united-kingdom.taylorwessing.com/en/insights/brands-update-august-2016

Two-colour combination trade marks: A clear puzzle vis-...


Roland Mallinson, Taylor Wessing, United Kingdom, First published on Brands Update, https://united-kingdom.taylorwessing.com/en/insights/brands-update-august-2016In a decision of the English High Court, GSK has had its European Union trade mark registration for a two-colour combination mark cancelled on a summary judgment basis. Readers may sense a recent trend, recalling how the English courts have been denying trade mark protection to other non-traditional trade marks, including Nestlé's Kit Kat shape, Cadbury's purple colour, the London taxi shape and Mattel's Scrabble tile. The sign in this case, Glaxo v Sandoz, showed a side-on representation of GSK's Seretide inhaler read more