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October 13, 2005 

Trademarks

"Royal Mail, the Cruciform and the colour red are trademarks of Royal Mail plc".

What? How can you trademark red? Does that mean that my watch owed HMPO money?

No, your watch is crimson.

You can trademark exact shades of colours. I don't know to what extent you have to avoid existing or known colours, and how close someone can get without infringement - probably no-one knows this, in order to keep more lawyers in business.
Probably you owe them money, not your watch ;-)

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