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Google challenged over YouTube 'Shorts' video trademark in UK court

By Douglas Clarke-Williams ( March 10, 2026, 16:41 GMT | Insight) -- Google is being challenged again over its use of the word “Shorts” for its short-form video service on YouTube from a producer and distributor of short films. Shorts International is appealing against a 2024 lower court judgment that Google’s use of the word did not infringe its trademark.Google faced a challenge to its use of the word “Shorts” for its short-form user-generated video service on YouTube from Shorts International, a producer and distributor of short films....

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