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[[file:Thespot.jpg|thumb||right|The White Spot]] | [[file:Thespot.jpg|thumb||right|The White Spot]] | ||
Although Alfred Dunhill was brilliant, he certainly did not imagine that this indicative | Although Alfred Dunhill was brilliant, he certainly did not imagine that this indicative spot would become his trademark. In 1922, Dunhill had to go to the courts to defend his creation (the litigation was between Dunhill and Wolf Brothers and concerned the white spot. It took place in March of 1922)<ref name=sdt>Sheffield Daily Telegraph (March 11, 1922). Mr. Dunhill's Action Against Wolf Brothers. England: Johnston Press[https://pipedia.org/images/d/db/Sheffield_Daily_Telegraph_%28March_11_1922%29.jpg]</ref>, which was being replicated by [[VAUEN]]. There are (unproven) theories that the invention was — in fact, made by Vauen, but Dunhill was successful, while Vauen had to restrict its use to the German and Austrian borders. The White Spot trademark was first registered in 1923, eleven years after its introduction. | ||
<blockquote>"(...)One small problem emerged, however, as customers could not tell which way up to insert the hand-cut vulcanite mouthpiece of straight pipes into the stems of the pipes. Alfred Dunhill, therefore, ordered white spots to be placed on the true upper sides of the mouthpieces, and thus a world-famous trademark was created.<br> | <blockquote>"(...)One small problem emerged, however, as customers could not tell which way up to insert the hand-cut vulcanite mouthpiece of straight pipes into the stems of the pipes. Alfred Dunhill, therefore, ordered white spots to be placed on the true upper sides of the mouthpieces, and thus a world-famous trademark was created.<br> | ||