XPost: uk.politics.misc 
 From: abelard3@abelard.org 
  
 On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:56:35 GMT, nospam@please.invalid (AnthonyL) 
 wrote: 
  
 >On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 08:53:40 -0000 (UTC), Incubus 
 > wrote: 
 > 
 >>...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 
 losing-eu-trademark-11843918 
 >> 
 >> 
 > 
 >They'll be after the Bass Triangle next: 
 > 
 >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Brewery 
  
 euclid should be banned by the politburo 
  
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