'Baseless': Westland counters copyright claims

'Baseless': Westland counters copyright claims
The two contentious butter packages side-by-side. (Image: Ornua)
Riley Kennedy
Westland Dairy Company has denied almost all of the Irish dairy co-operative Ornua’s claims for trademark infringement over its butter brand. The Hokitika-based company has gone even further in its counterclaim, saying it wants a permanent injunction stopping Ornua from making trademark claims against it, saying it is anticompetitive conduct.  In late December, Ornua Co-operative, through its subsidiary Ornua North America, launched a lawsuit aimed at stopping Westland from advertising, marketing, distributing, or selling butter...

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