Plain packaging laws impose trademark restrictions and other plain packaging requirements on tobacco products and packaging, as illustrated by the attached photograph of a cigarette packaging where the brand only appears in plain and small font below a rather unappealing photo. Plain packaging is not a new issue of public interest in the field of intellectual property, […]
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Philip Morris fumes at ‘plain’ packaging plan
By 27 October 2011 37
As already reported on ipdigit (see here), Australia aims at adopting a law banning any mention of the trademarks on the packaging of cigarettes. This is referred to as the draft ‘plain’ packaging law. The issue obviously is still annoying for Philip Morris International which, according to the Financial Times (21 Oct. 2011) still […]