Ardagh fail to trademark fizzy drink sound

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The sound of a drinks can opening followed by several seconds of fizzing is not a trademark, an EU court ruled today in a case brought by a German company. Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings had applied to the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to register the noise made by its fizzy drinks cans. But…

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