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gadiyaryesterday at 8:36 PM3 repliesview on HN

Isn’t this the same company that had the trademark dispute with Iceland the country?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_v_Iceland_Foods_Ltd


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dijksterhuisyesterday at 9:54 PM

> The ruling stated that the supermarket chain founded in 1970 "cannot reasonably trademark the name of a country that has been around since the 9th century"

amazing

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justeoghanyesterday at 8:57 PM

This is a great read thank you.

etiennebaussonyesterday at 10:40 PM

> Iceland Foods' managing director Richard Walker said the supermarket will "vigorously defend its intellectual property rights"

Some people have no shame at all. This is so absurd it read like a comedy sketch.