Kingfisher awarded £80k in fight against 'piggy back' brand infringers on Amazon
Gardening brand Kingfisher has been awarded £80,000 from the TopTrade Group after the High Court found it guilty of piggybacking on the brand’s reputation to sell own-brand products on sites such as Amazon and eBay.
Kingfisher does not sell directly on Amazon or eBay, although its retail partners can.
However, parent company Bonnington Plastics discovered that companies in the TopTrade Group – which includes Zoozio, Trade Marketing and Verage – were advertising Kingfisher goods on the marketplaces but then supplying own-branded products.
Managing director Ian Fisher explained that the compnaies were former customers of Bonnington, but had started to import their own products Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
