In case you didn’t know, the Met Police in London looked to get a cut of all uses of police boxes in Doctor Who merch.

The U.K. Patent Office found against them, on the basis that, by now, a police box was just the TARDIS, and the Met were no Time Lords.

@Tupp_ed Interesting! Do you have a link to (or cite for) the decision?

@design_law @Tupp_ed
There's a 15-page PDF linked from the bottom of this DWAS web page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20041021192718/http://dwas.drwho.org/news/20021023-tardis

"A full copy of the basis for the ruling dated 14th August 2002 (made under the Trade Marks Act of 1994) can be found at the Patent Office web site"

https://web.archive.org/web/20041021192718/http://www.patent.gov.uk/tm/legal/decisions/2002/o33602.pdf

Time and Registered Documentation in Space - Doctor Who Appreciation Society (DWAS)