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21 June 2018Trademarks

Federal Circuit reignites Dr Pepper v Coca-Cola clash

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday revived a trademark clash between Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Coca-Cola over the term ‘Zero’.

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1 June 2016   The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has ruled that Coca-Cola does not have exclusive rights to the term ‘Zero’, but has granted it a trademark covering a line of soft drinks.
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12 February 2016   A nine-year dispute centring on a trademark application for the term ‘Coca-Cola Zero’ could be set to conclude after arguments were finalised.
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5 August 2020   Dr Pepper will be unable to reignite a dispute with Coca-Cola, after it failed it overturn a US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision over its rival's 'zero' mark.