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- Title
Cadbury's colour purple trade mark cannot be split: clarity and precision in a trade mark description are the winners in the Court of Appeal.
- Authors
Shillito, Mark; Sherratt, Emma E
- Abstract
Cadbury v Comptroller of Patents [2018] EWCA Civ 2715, 5 December 2018 Cadbury's attempt to argue that its trade mark registration for the colour purple was actually a series mark which could be split and partially maintained was rejected by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Despite being another blow in Cadbury's multi-decade, hard-fought attempt to protect the colour purple for chocolate bars in the UK, the decision helps to maintain clarity and certainty on the trade marks register.
- Subjects
TRADEMARK application &; registration; GREAT Britain. Court of Appeal; PATENTS
- Publication
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2019, Vol 14, Issue 3, p176
- ISSN
1747-1532
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jiplp/jpy187