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28 July 2020TrademarksRory O'Neill

Blizzard falls short in ‘Overwatch’ TM dispute at UKIPO

Video game publisher  Blizzard Entertainment has failed in a trademark opposition at the  UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO), in a win for software company  F5 Networks.

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