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Claws out in trade mark fight over ‘Tigercat’

Caterpillar says Canadian company made application for trade mark in bad faith.

Campbell Gibson
Fri, 27 May 2016

Two North American heavy machinery firms are slogging it out over intellectual property rights in New Zealand.

In October, Canadian company Tigercat International applied for the trade mark “Tigercat” but five months later it was met with staunch opposition from multi-billion dollar and

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Campbell Gibson
Fri, 27 May 2016
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