A clothing business has won a trademark battle against luxury car manufacturer Bentley Motors. A High Court judge ruled the Cheshire car company had infringed the trademark rights of Manchester-based Bentley Clothing by using the Bentley name on its own range of goods. Bentley Motors will no longer be able to use the name on its clothing range in the UK.
Bentley Motors will also have to limit its future clothing range to "jackets, silk ties, caps and scarves" and will not be allowed to sell other types of clothing or headgear. The dispute has been ongoing since Bentley Clothing, founded in 1962, approached the Volkswagen-owned car firm in 1998. The High Court action was launched in 2017. Bentley Motors also brought unsuccessful attempts to cancel the clothing firm's trademark rights at the UK Intellectual Property Office.
His lawyers said Bentley Motors may now have to pay damages and would also have to either hand over or destroy any items in its possession which infringe the trademark.
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Rum do. VAG need all the income they can get.
Those multi-billion dollar fines won't pay themselves (At least I hope they don't. Some strange things go on between governments and car companies.)
Rum do. VAG need all the income they can get.
Those multi-billion dollar fines won't pay themselves (At least I hope they don't. Some strange things go on between governments and car companies.)