http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36484245
A Swedish court has ruled that the confectionery firm Mars can no longer advertise its M&M's brand with the lower case lettering - m&m. The court ruled that the logo is too similar to the single lower case "m" used by the Swedish chocolate covered peanut brand Marabou.
If Mars doesn't appeal it will have to use the capital M&M logo in Sweden starting in July. Mars said it believed "no confusion exists" between the two chocolates.
(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Thursday June 09 2016, @04:28PM
Should we be surprised that the courts in the product's country of origin would side with it? Do we expect VK to lose a lawsuit against Facebook? Or Nintendo to lose a lawsuit vs. EA?
M&M's introduced their M logo on the candy in the 1950s, where Marabou didn't use the similar M logo until the 1960s.
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