23 April 2021TrademarksRory O'Neill

Hasbro loses EU ‘Monopoly’ TM after bad faith finding

Hasbro has had an EU trademark for the ‘Monopoly’ board game partially invalidated after the EU General Court found its filing strategy was designed to avoid proving genuine use.

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