By Mark Leiser

Cosmetic soap company Lush won a high court case against Amazon.co.uk this week after successfully arguing that the online retail giant had infringed its trademark by redirecting customers that were searching for the term, ‘Lush’ to non-Lush competitors. The judgement adds to the growing body of case law where third parties use trademarks to direct web traffic to products that do not originate from the trade mark owner.

Lush does not sell its products on Amazon.co.uk, in part due to the ethical concerns of its owner Mark Constantine about the retailer’s business practices. Lush has poured salt in Amazon’s wound Read full story ›

Source: The Drum