Appellate body of the WTO affirms Australia's tobacco plain packaging law

Mark Davison; Patrick Emerton

Appellate body of the WTO affirms Australia's tobacco plain packaging law

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Abstract

The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization has dismissed the appeal relating to the complaints against Australia’s plain packaging laws for tobacco products. In doing so, the Appellate Body ended any argument that there might be a right to use a trade mark or even a presumption against regulatory requirements concerning the use of trade marks.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	789-796
Number of pages	8
Journal	European Intellectual Property Review
Volume	42
Issue number	12
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

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