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Please make sure nobody can

copy us

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it is not difficult to envisage better evidence of acquired distinctive character

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The ultimate question is whether the mark, used on its own, has acquired the ability to demonstrate exclusive origin.

It would be unwise to attempt a list of the ways in which this can be demonstrated.