Westland Milk Products wins preliminary injunction battle

Westland Milk Products wins preliminary injunction battle
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Rebecca Howard
A preliminary injunction sought by the owners of the Kerrygold butter brand against Westland Milk Products was dismissed in the Californian district court, according to Westland Milk.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 products using a trademark and trade dress “that are confusingly similar to Ornua’s federally registered Kerrygold trademarks and trade dress”.  Trade dres...

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