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Asian characters: a good fit for trademarks in the EU?
How is a trademark, containing or composed solely of Asian characters, assessed in the EU?
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How is a trademark, containing or composed solely of Asian characters, assessed in the EU?
Some of you may have noticed that Disney’s new heroine is called Vaiana in most parts of Europe and Moana almost everywhere else. Here, we explain the disparity.