The UK's largest retailer says it plans to appeal the High Court ruling which found it had taken 'unfair advantage' of Lidl's distinctive reputation for low prices.
Lidl has won a trademark lawsuit against grocery market leader Tesco over its use of a yellow circle in branding.
The German discount chain brought the case in 2020 shortly after its rival adopted a yellow circle against a blue background to promote its Clubcard Prices discount scheme.Tesco's Clubcard Price scheme is deployed in the retailer's stores, sometimes next to specific discounted products as well as more generally to promote the scheme.
Judge Joanna Smith, sitting at the High Court, said in a written ruling that Tesco had"taken unfair advantage of the distinctive reputation" for low prices held by Lidl's trademarks. However, she rejected Lidl's argument that Tesco had"the deliberate subjective intention of riding on Lidl's coat tails".
It marked a rare victory for the discounter over its largest rival though, like Aldi, Lidl has been eating away at the dominant market shares of the big four supermarket chains for years.
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