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13 March 2015Trademarks

Tobacco companies threaten legal action over English plain packaging

Some of the world’s biggest tobacco companies have vowed to challenge a proposal to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes in England, which was passed by the UK’s House of Commons on Wednesday (March 11).

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