EASYJET PARENT COMPANY LOSES TRADEMARK DISPUTE WITH CHARITY SHOPPING WEBSITE

EasyGroup took legal action against Easyfundraising after claiming it had infringed trademarksRachel Hall and agency

EasyJet’s parent company has lost a trademark dispute against a charity shopping website that has “easy” in its name.

EasyGroup took legal action against Easyfundraising, its founder, Ian Woodroffe OBE, and investors the Support Group (UK), after claiming it had infringed several trademarks.

However, the defendants claimed there was no evidence to suggest a customer would confuse the two brands.

In a high court ruling on Wednesday, Mr Justice Fancourt dismissed easyGroup’s claims, saying “it is unlikely that any but a few would make the association and be confused” between the two brands.

He added: “Users of Easyfundraising’s advertising services would be least likely to be confused, as they were relatively sophisticated and careful business persons, or professionals, and as such are most unlikely to consider that Easyfundraising or Easysearch is an ‘easy+’ brand or connected in some way with easyGroup.

Information taken from The guardian https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/11/easyjet-parent-company-loses-trademark-dispute-with-charity-shopping-website