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Re:Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy” by rplnt on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @08:43AM (#7095121)
Are you sure the trademark filing is based on a foreign filing and not on a foreign trademark? Meaning they got the trademark somewhere in the EU? That would make more sense.

Anyway, it is absurd, and everyone involved (applicants and those who approved it) should face defenestration.

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Re:Candy Crush Saga creators have trademarked the word “candy” by DannyBee on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @01:09PM (#7097034)
The original basis was listed as 44(d), which would be a foreign filing. I didn't look to see if it changed to 44(e), which would be based on a foreign registration.

Looking now, it looks like it issued in the EU, and the status changed to 44(e), so they have a valid registration in the EU for something, but OHIM is being a pain in the ass, so i can't look up all the details.

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