Haremi gets undertakings in alleged trademark passing off case

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The High Court heard on 14 March 2023 that defendants in Haremi Limited’s alleged trademark passing off case had previously given undertakings. The company said clothing bearing its 4TH ARQ trademark had been found for sale at outlets in Dublin and Wexford.

The proceedings followed Haremi’s claim that garments bearing its logo may have come from a batch it ordered from a Dublin supplier and later rejected. The company sought orders to prevent sales and require disclosures about the goods’ suppliers.

At the hearing on 14 March, Haremi’s counsel, Kelley Smith SC, told Mr Justice Brian O’Moore that the defendants had given undertakings that included disclosures, which had been complied with. Haremi was satisfied with progress; only the legal costs issue remained in its injunction application, and the judge adjourned that question to a later date in March.