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UK: "Crunchy" Trade Mark Treat of the day
In our uncertain times of financial turmoil it does not come as much of a surprise that there is a pending trade mark application for the mark credit crunch (covering chocolate bars in class 30) on the UK trade mark register. It is slightly more surprising perhaps that the "credit crunch" mark is already at the centre of a trade mark dispute.
According to a report published today on the website WalesOnline.co.uk the "credit crunch" applicant Captain Beany, who is a local Welsh hero with some political ambition and dedicated charity campaigner, is in dispute with department store Selfridges, which has recently started selling a luxury chocolate range named "Credit Crunch" made by Chocolate Society. Mr Beany, who has been giving away his choco bars for free, is outraged and now considers demonstrating outside Selfridges and The Chocolate Society: "I’m hoping an intellectual property law specialist will help me on a pro bono basis, I’ve already contacted one but he said he was busy." Seeing things rather differently, a spokesperson for The Chocolate Society is quoted as saying that the products were quite different and “[as] producers of the chocolate we await any action from Mr Beany with interest”, while Selfridges' Nancy Wainscott is quoted as saying “Selfridges is delighted to be selling Credit Crunch created by The Chocolate Society. We are a retailer and not a producer and as such we are not responsible for the production of this product.” The UK IPO's Miles Rees has also voiced a view and is quoted as having said that the trade mark should apply to all types of chocolate products.
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