Registering a colour as a trademark
As plenty of people have already noticed, governments are increasingly willing to grant monopolies on the use of ideas on bases that seem less and less reasonable. I have recently discovered a claim that scales new heights of absurdity:
Permitting the registration of logos, non-generic trade names, even novel smells all make some sense, but an entire colour, and a primary one at that? I assume (and hope) that Royal Mail is simply exaggerating its claim.
Royal Mail, the Cruciform and the colour red are registered Trade Marks of Royal Mail Group plc. Royal Mail Group plc, registered in England and Wales, Number 4138203. Registered office: 148 Old Street, London EC1V 9HQ.(Inconveniently the number shown is the Companies House registration number for Royal Mail Group PLC, and The UK Patent Office has a less-than-straightforward search interface, so I've not been able to locate the registration itself.)
Permitting the registration of logos, non-generic trade names, even novel smells all make some sense, but an entire colour, and a primary one at that? I assume (and hope) that Royal Mail is simply exaggerating its claim.
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