Iceland Foods Loses Latest Appeal In Long-Running Trademark Saga
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Iceland Foods Loses Latest Appeal In Long-Running Trademark Saga
Iceland Foods’ latest legal appeal to retain exclusive European Union trademark rights to the word ‘Iceland’ has failed. Earlier this week, the General Court of the EU upheld previous decisions which found that the word ‘Iceland’ is descriptive of the (more…) The post Iceland Foods Loses Latest Appeal In Long-Running Trademark Saga appeared first on KamCity.
British supermarket chain Iceland Foods Ltd. is now considering its position after the General Court of the European Union confirmed that the supermarket chain could not have exclusive rights to the word mark "ICELAND" as a trademark within the European Union.
Iceland v Iceland: Supermarket’s EU trademark appeal rejected again - Retail Gazette
Iceland Foods has lost its latest appeal against the invalidation of its EU trademark for the word ‘Iceland’, the General Court of the European Union has ruled. The decision upholds previous rulings that found the trademark to be descriptive rather than distinctive, due to its clear link with the country’s production and export of a wide range of goods. The ruling highlights Iceland’s capacity to produce and export numerous products—including fi…
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