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Trademark Application For Bottle Cap

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U.S. Trademark Application SN 78643174. The mark consists of 'design of a bottle cap with the words NO-CAL.'

So what does this protect? This isn't a 3-D mark, it's a 2-D mark in the shape of the outline of a bottle cap. I suspect that another soda company could have a logo in the shape of a bottle cap as well. But they may not be able to use a design that looks like this.

Posted by Marty on March 1, 2006 03:50 PM |

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