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TUESDAY, 16 AUGUST 2016
"Should've" receives approval in the UK

The BBC website reports this morning that UK-based optician chain Specsavers -- well known to readers of this weblog following its pursuit through the courts of infringing supermarket chain Asda (which required a ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union, noted here on Class 46) -- has secured a UK registration of the word(s) "should've".  "Should've" is a colloquial contraction of the subjective form of the verb "have" (= "should have'). While the term is prima facie not particularly promising territory for trade mark registration, the expression "should've gone to Specsavers" is widely known by consumers in the UK.

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