UKIPO rejects BASF’s agri-chemical trademark opposition

German chemicals company BASF has failed to persuade the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) that an applied-for trademark to cover agricultural chemicals is confusingly similar to its own existing trademark.

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UKIPO rejects BASF’s agri-chemical trademark opposition

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