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"A U.K. supermarket chain that had been granted an EU trademark in 2014 on the name of a sovereign country has had that trademark invalidated after the retailer tried to stop the nation from mentioning itself in a slogan; the move prompted the country to sue, and its foreign minister described it as unreasonable for a private company to claim a nation's name. The supermarket retains the right to appeal the ruling within the next two months." - James Hansen