17 December 2021Alex Baldwin

M&S sues Aldi over copied Christmas gin

Mark & Spencer (M&S) is suing Europe’s largest supermarket chain Aldi for the second time this year, this time claiming that it copied the design of its light-up Christmas gin bottles.

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