Swizzels Matlow Limited [1998] R.P.C. 69
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United Kingdom
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Updated 2024-01-04 07:13:38 UTC
Company sought to register trade mark for shape of a lollipop. Application used phrase “a chewy sweet on a stick” to describe shape.
Held
Verbal description of shape does not suffice
Is necessary to have drawings or photographs.
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