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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8573

28 October 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/european court of justice
Alicante harmonisation office wins trial against US chewing gum manufacturer, Wrigley in test case

Luxembourg, 27/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European court of Justice has just concluded the legal case between the Office of Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) and the US firm, Wrigley, ongoing since 1998. It rule in favour of the OHIM, which had always refused the granting of the Community brand of "Doublemint" for Wrigley chewing gum. This came about from Wrigley appealing against the decision to the Court of First Instance of the EC. By judgement of 31 January 2001, the Court...

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