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Google successfully blocks ‘Googtab’ EU trademark application

( April 15, 2025, 14:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Google has successfully opposed Shenzhen Top Digital Co. Ltd’s application to register the word mark “Googtab” as a European Union trademark. The EU Intellectual Property Office found that all of the contested goods — ranging from computers and smartwatches to USB cables and cameras — were identical to those covered by Google’s registration. “The relevant public, who must rely on their imperfect recollection of the signs, could easily confuse them or believe that the goods found to be identical originate from the same or economically linked undertakings,” the decision said.See EUIPO document attached....

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