A recent UK trade mark judgment generated huge public interest.
It was, as is so often the case in the UK, one of those classic
supermarket look-alike cases. This article confines itself to the
issues that we deem the most noteworthy.
The parties
The case involved the UK cider manufacturer, Thatchers Cider,
and the widely known discount chain, Aldi. The details:
Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), Thatchers
Cider Company Ltd v Aldi Stores Ltd (2024) EWHC 88 (IPEC), 29
January 2024.
The facts
In February 2020 Thatchers unveiled a new cider, Thatchers
Cloudy Lemon Cider. Two years later, Aldi introduced a cloudy lemon
variant to its Taurus cider brand. Visuals of the two products
appear below.
