When Life Gives you Lemons….Thatchers Successful as Court of Appeal Finds Aldi Copycat Products Amount to Trade Mark Infringement in the UK
On 20 January 2025, the English Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in a highly anticipated appeal by Thatchers Cider Company, concluding that Aldi had infringed Thatchers’ registered trade mark under section 10(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, by taking unfair advantage of Thatchers’ packaging trade mark (see comparison below).
