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Kool Karma Designer Seeks Out-Of-Body Store Relief

According to today’s Daily Telegraph Peter Wylly, an award-winning designer, is suing The Body Shop for infringement of i of his production designs. The Body Shop, he alleged, copied his distinctive “Kool Karma” incense burner without his permission. The incense burner, designed inwards 1998, had the appearance of a 1950s abstract sculpture; its round out variety enables crude to hold out heated over a tea-light candle. Wylly sold 100,000 of the burners to The Body Shop inwards 1999 earlier the retailer stopped placing orders, telling him that the production was non selling. But this summertime he noticed that The Body Shop was selling a scaled-down version of his design, made inwards Taiwan. The Body Shop told him that the smaller product, the Circle of Life Aroma Jar, had been i of their tiptop sellers over the yesteryear ii years. It was notwithstanding on sale terminal month, priced £10. Accepting liability for infringement, The Body Shop offered to pay Wylly 35p for every jounce sold exterior the the US in addition to Mexico. Wylly, represented yesteryear Beachcroft Wansbroughs solicitor Robin Fry, is shout for the Patents Court to monastic say the fellowship to laissez passer on an draw of piece of job concern human relationship of the profits it has made from selling the item.

notes that blueprint correct infringement has of a abrupt buy the farm the season of the calendar month inwards the Great Britain (see also “First Community Design Action Ends inwards Win for Mattel”, posted on IPKat yesterday).

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