Aldi toasts ‘clear-cut’ win in lemon cider trademark quarrel

Discounter says there is ‘nothing cloudy’ about the much-anticipated judgment | Lawyers say tide is with the discounters | Ruling deemed ‘a sad day in fight against lookalikes’ | No evidence of consumer confusion found| Reaction from Potter Clarkson, HGF, Mishcon de Reya, Stobbs.

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