The Swedish IT company Inclose Solutions had their registration of the stylised T in their Trixxa communications app as a European trademark rejected.
Starbucks failed to stop the registration of the Bull Pulu logo in Japan. Bull Pulu has been submitted for, amongst other things, tapioca-flavoured coffee. Starbucks claimed that the logo looks too much like the old Starbucks logo. But on 16 September 2020, the Japanese judge ruled differently.
It is a verdict that should not really raise any eyebrows: car manufacturer Citroën may not prevent Polestar, a component of the Volvo group, from using the Polestar logo. According to European trade mark office EUIPO, the car brands are simply not similar enough to present any issues of infringement.