UK:
Oatly Sues For Trademark Infringement
21 June 2021
Walker Morris
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Oatly UK is taking fellow oat drinks supplier Glebe Farm Foods
Limited to court, claiming the Cambridgeshire-based company's
PureOaty brand infringes its Oatly and Oat-ly! trademarks. The
world's largest oat drink company is calling for PureOaty's
packaging to be altered claiming that the brand's packaging is
too similar to its own.
Judgment in the infringement case is expected in July 2021.
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