Trade Marks - Lidl v Tesco
Jane Lambert Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, Intellectual Property List (Mrs Justice Joanna Smith) Lidl Great Britain Limited and another v Tesco Stores Ltd and another [ 2023] EWHC 873 (Ch) (19 April 2023) This was an action for trade mark and copyright infringement and passing off brought by Lidl Great Britain Ltd and Lidl Stiftung & Co KG ("Lidl") against Tesco Stores Ltd and Tesco Plc ("Tesco"). There was also a counterclaim by Tesco for the invalidation and revocation of certain Lidl marks. The action and counterclaim came on for trial before Mrs Justice Joanna Smith on 7, 8, 9 and 14 Feb 2023. By para [316] of her judgment, which she handed down on 19 April 2023, her ladyship found for Lidl on its claim and for Tesco on part of its counterclaim ( Lidl Great Britain Ltd and another v Tesco Stores Ltd and anothe r [2023] EWHC 873 (Ch) (19 April 2023). The Registrations Lidl is the registered proprietor of the following m...