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Salon owner 'exhausted' by legal battle with L'Oréal

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Rebecca Dowdeswell says she has spent more than 30,000 contesting L'Oréal 's opposition to her trademark application.

The 48-year-old salon owner said she had a six-month window to renew it but missed it.

The French firm has its own trademark on a series of beauty products called NAKED .

The mother-of-two said the pressure caused by the dispute had been a factor in closing her business.

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63

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informal

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English

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41

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