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Les Editions P Amaury, which owns the rights to football award Ballon d'Or, on Wednesday lost its trademark fight against Britain's Golden Balls after a European court backed a patent agency's decision to strip the French firm's rights to TV broadcasting and books.
The Luxembourg-based General Court, Europe's second top court, however restored Ballon d'Or's trademark rights to entertainment services, saying that the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) was wrong to revoke it.
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