A recent New Zealand trade mark case highlights to winemakers the importance of making sufficient ongoing use of a registered trade mark, even when it is for one of your secondary wine labels.
Charlotte Henley and Jenni Rutter look at the lessons from a recent case in which a winemaker lost the registered trade mark for one of its brands.
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This article was first published in NZ Winegrower Magazine April/May 2018
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