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  • Portakabin took issue with Primakabin's purchase of "Portakabin" and a number of variations on that word, as ad keywords in a number of Internet search engines, including

    EU Court Rules on Ad Keywords 2010

  • "We've lived in a Portakabin world as we've grown," says Jeremy Darroch, BSkyB's chief executive, sitting alongside James Murdoch.

    James Murdoch's Sky scraper Jonathan Glancey 2010

  • It is a plain, undolled-up place, with vast puddles and scruffy hats and tack piled up in a Portakabin, and not a caffe latte in sight.

    Horse riding in Ashdown Forest 2011

  • The case involved temporary cabin maker Portakabin, which accused its competitor Primakabin of infringing its rights as trademark owner of the Portakabin name by using it as an ad keyword.

    EU Court Rules on Ad Keywords 2010

  • At Knoxland, the Portakabin was being lifted by crane on to the back of a lorry.

    Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004

  • Rebus's ` circled wagons 'actually consisted of a single-roomed Portakabin, placed in the car park next to the nearest tower block.

    Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004

  • Ellen Wylie had disappeared inside the Portakabin.

    Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004

  • More graffiti had been added to the Portakabin since Rebus's last visit, its window had been smashed further, and someone had tried setting fire to its door.

    Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004

  • He stood in the doorway of the Portakabin now, smoking a cigarette.

    Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004

  • Looking down, he saw that Davidson was studying the damage to the outside of the Portakabin.

    Fleshmarket Close Rankin, Ian 2004

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