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The Sunday Times<\/em> reports<\/a> [Apple News+ link<\/a>] that a small family business selling map-themed picnic blankets has reached a settlement with the Ordnance Survey. Rubbaglove\u2019s PACMAT series<\/a> was launched in partnership with the OS, but their sales \u201cstalled\u201d after the OS launched their own line of \u201calmost identical\u201d blankets, which, they said, violated their design trademark. In addition to a monetary settlement, the OS has agreed not to sell competing products for 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sunday Times reports [Apple News+ link] that a small family business selling map-themed picnic blankets has reached a settlement with the Ordnance Survey. 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