EU: Tesco loses Metro trademark case
By Chris Jones | 13 September 2006
The EU's appeal court has ruled that Germany's Metro group can register its name as a trademark in Europe, overturning Tesco's sole claim to the name.
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The EU's appeal court has ruled that Germany's Metro group can register its name as a trademark in Europe, overturning Tesco's sole claim to the name.
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