Jaguar Land Rover loses legal battle to trademark Defender design

Court rules shape of iconic car lacks ‘distinctiveness’, clearing hurdle for Ineos billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe to build his ‘Grenadier’

Jaguar Land Rover has lost a legal battle to trademark the shape of its Defender 4×4 – clearing the way for billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe to build his “spiritual

More at the UK’s Daily Telegraph newspaper (paywall)  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/08/03/jaguar-land-rover-loses-legal-battle-trademark-defender-design/