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“Cadbury may have lost this battle, but the war of the purple may well continue” – trademark lawyer on Supreme Court ruling

on Apr 6, 2014 | 0 comments

By Ishbel Macleod

As Cadbury loses its Supreme Court battle over its attempts to register the colour purple, trade mark lawyer Lee Curtis has suggested that this may not be the end of the attempts by the brand.

Nestle won the appeal as a judge said a lack of ‘precision’ was given for trademarking the colour Pantone 2685C, which is used on Dairy Milk packaging.

“They lost the Court of Appeal decision effectively down to the use of one very small word ‘predominant’ in the description of their trade mark,” Curtis, partner at trade mark law firm Harrison Goddard Foote, explained.

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Source: The Drum