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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9938
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

“Bounty” bar has no distinctive character

Brussels, 08/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a decision made on Wednesday 8 July, the Court of First Instance confirmed the cancellation of the registration of the Mars company's chocolate bar, “Bounty”, as a Community trade mark. The chocolate manufacturer was unable to demonstrate that the three arrows or “V” shapes on the upside of the Bounty bar and its rounded ends made it immediately recognisable to the public at large in all the member states selling the chocolate bar. (Case...

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