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- ↑ Pike, Judi (15 September 2008). "A new body, the Company Names Tribunal, is about to take up its function of adjudicating on opportunistic company name registrations". Law Society of Scotland. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ↑ "Company Names Tribunal's first ruling: Coke Cola needs a new name". Pinsent Masons. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
