New Zealand’s trademark statute still rejects swear words or other terms “likely to offend”. So how did “THIS IS THE F#$%ING NEWS” win approval?
- Associate Professor and Co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Intellectual Property, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
TV companies trademarking whips, drinks companies trademarking sausage machines? A long-running British court battle puts the spotlight on the flaws in trademark registration systems.
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