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UK: Update in the "Credit Crunch" trade mark dispute
Class 46 recently reported of a trade mark dispute between Welsh super hero Captain Beany and department store Selfridges and sweets maker The Chocolate Society over the use of the trade mark "Credit Crunch" on products made of chocolate.
Newssite thisissouthwales.co.uk now reports of a happy ending. Captain Beany and The Chocolate Society have both confirmed that they have come to an amicable agreement regarding the use of the disputed "Credit Crunch" mark. A spokeperson for The Chocolate Society is quoted as saying: "We are selling Credit Crunch Hokey Pokey under licence from Captain Beany." The Chocolate Society chocolates will now feature two trade marks; Captain Beany's "Credit Crunch" and The Chocolate Society own trade mark "Hokey Pokey".
This might not be the last time we have heard of Captain Beany. According to the news report he appears to have even bigger plans: "If this takes off in the UK, I hope to take it to America." In the meantime, he plans to spend his "Credit Crunch" related profits on more mundane matters: "I will probably pay my outstanding overdraft with the bank and my council tax. Even super heroes are feeling the credit crunch and are in the same boat."
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