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 ...because it's a cube. 
  
   "The court said: 'Given that the essential characteristics of that shape 
 are 
 necessary to obtain the technical result consisting of the rotating 
 capability 
 of that product, that shape could not be registered as an EU trademark.'" 
  
 https://news.sky.com/story/rubiks-cube-firm-left-puzzled-after-l 
 sing-eu-trademark-11843918 
  
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