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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Does plain packaging violate trademark law or any other right?
By 22 April 2011 9
On April 7, 2011, the Federal Government of Australia released the plain packaging design (see the image on the side of this post) that cigarette manufacturers will be forced to adopt when a proposed legislation will come into force, possibly on January 1, 2012. All cigarette packets should then use olive green, a colour supposed […]