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It does sound like offering drinks with dubious health benefits is the way to make it! Propping a post on Yakult but also sounds similar to red bull etc

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"Candler needed to protect the ‘Coca-Cola’ trademark and the name had to remain 'descriptive' (in other words: the drink needed to contain traces of the coca leaf)."

Great article! But wanted to point out a small flaw - The above statement is not correct. Trademarks are required to NOT be descriptive, because descriptive names are not accorded status as a trademark. So, the statement above is actually the opposite of the truth.

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“Candler needed to protect the ‘Coca-Cola’ trademark and the name had to remain "descriptive" (in other words: the drink needed to contain traces of the coca leaf).

So, Pemberton created a powder for the formula with "decocainized" coca leaves and kola nuts, which he called "Merchandise #5" (this is the secret formula that is kept in Coca-Cola’s vaults).”

Was it Candler who created the powder but it’s mistyped above?

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