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ARTICLE · 14 JULY 2020

Iconic Ferrari 250 GTO Trademark (Partially) Cancelled

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Hardcore car enthusiasts (or just casual followers of the Top Gear series) know that the Ferrari 250 GTO is the holy grail of the automotive world – a car so valuable and revered that Jeremy Clarkson himself was denied the privilege of driving it.

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Dr. Jonathan Tonna
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"Cancellation Division considers that genuine use of the contested EUTM has been sufficiently demonstrated for the relevant factors in relation to toy vehicles, scale-model vehicles, whereas no use of the mark or proper reasons for non-use have been demonstrated in relation to any of the other goods for which it is registered."

Hardcore car enthusiasts (or just casual followers of the Top Gear series) know that the Ferrari 250 GTO is the holy grail of the automotive world - a car so valuable and revered that Jeremy Clarkson himself was denied the privilege of driving it. It remains, as far as the present author is aware, the only car to have ever featured on that show that was never actually driven - only displayed, rather teasingly, on the infamous test track.

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