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UK rejects New Zealand push for manuka honey trademark
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A New Zealand government backed attempt to get a legal monopoly on manuka honey has been quashed by the United Kingdom’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO).
Reversing an interim decision to grant a certification trademark, the IPO reportedly made the common-sense observation that manuka honey is a description of a type of honey.
And it specifically rejected the proposition that the UK general public understands manuka honey to be exclusively from New Zealand.
University research suggests Australian manuka honey stronger than NZ variety
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Research at Australia’s Sunshine Coast has found a local variety of the manuka or tea-tree bush may produce more potent medicinal honey than the species which grows in New Zealand. The finding was revealed in a segment screened on the high-profile and popular ABC Gardening television show last month