On 19/02/2019 20:13, Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 05:15:46 +1100, 2987fr wrote:

"Chris Green" wrote in message
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Brian Gaff wrote:
You know, I very much doubt if Screw thingy make their own screws,
they probably buy them in from some company that supplies them by the
zillion.
Often they can pop up elsewhere under different brands. II used to
find this a lot when I could see. The sheds stopped something but it
was then available from another distributor.

Yes, but I've never seen any screws that look at all like Screwfix's
Turbo Gold or Turbo Ultra, they're immediately recognisable. One does
wonder if Screwfix are big enough to demand sort of trade mark rights
over these designs.

Trade marks have nothing to do with the size of the operation except in
the sense that the bigger operations can afford the cost of trademarks.

And I think he really means copyright, anyway.


I'd expect registered design

https://www.gov.uk/register-a-design

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