David Galloway goes on trial over trademark offences

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David Galloway went on trial accused of trademark offences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, reported on 16 January 2020. The alleged offences concerned washing powder brands including Persil, Ariel, Fairy, Daz and Bold. Galloway pleaded not guilty to seven charges alleging unlawful application of trademarks to buckets and 14 charges alleging possession of buckets, labels and boxes bearing trademarks. The prosecution alleged he traded in the goods to a significant degree. The charges mainly relate to a premises at Greenogue Business Park, Rathcoole, where gardaí allegedly found labelled buckets, washing powder, labels and 2,721 boxes bearing a Daz label. The trial was expected to last five weeks before Judge Karen O’Connor and a jury.