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12 February 2025FeaturesTrademarksMuireann Bolger

Man City FC case kicks mediation into top flight

The UK’s first-ever IP compulsory mediation order resolved the football club’s trademark dispute, increasing the value of ‘problem solving’ tactics over litigation, finds Muireann Bolger.

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