For months, Coca Cola and the Dutch purchasing organisation Superunie have been locked in a dispute about the shape of Superunie’s First Choice cola bottle.
Anyone who registers a new trade mark is sent an fake invoice.
The Air France logo can’t be given protection as a Community trade mark, according to the European General Court, since it is not sufficiently distinctive.
Kung Fu Panda wasn’t created by DreamWorks, producer of the eponymous animated movie released in 2008, but by Jayme Gordon, a Massachusetts-based artist.