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13 January 2023
Issue: 8008 / Categories: Legal News , Intellectual property
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NLJ this week: Confecting a three-dimensional mark is sweet work

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What are the elements of a three-dimensional trade mark? Writing with reference to recent case law, Laura Trapnell, partner & head of IP, Paris Smith Solicitors, sets out the key points in a useful article in this week’s NLJ.

Trapnell unwraps the issues at the sticky centre of a tooth-threatening ruling to locate the sweet spot in a dispute over BIG BABY POP! 

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Issue: 8008 / Categories: Legal News , Intellectual property
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