Pablo Escobar: Too infamous for a trademark

The EU Intellectual Property Office applied textbook procedure when rejecting a registration bid for the drug lord's name, says Shannon Fahy of Browne Jacobson.

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Pablo Escobar: Too infamous for a trademark

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