Strawberries don't smell


(at least, not in the EU).

According to the IPKat, the Court of First Instance has rejected an application to register the smell of strawberries as a trade mark on the grounds that the smell cannot be represented graphically ...

Read all about it here (scroll down to 2. Today's fruit cases). References to Monty Python, intended.

Wonder how "we" represent smells here? "The scent of ripe strawberries" anyone. See Part 21, chapter 7.1 here.

Posted: Monday - 31 October, 2005 at 08:05 PM         |


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