Former co-director of family clothing company involved in 15-year David and Goliath legal battle over Bentley trademark dies
hereJudge Richard Hacon wrote: “The evidence gives the strong impression that from around 2000 Bentley Motors engaged in a policy of ‘grandmother’s footsteps’ in relation to Bentley Clothing – a conscious decision to develop the use of BENTLEY in relation to their range of clothing and headgear such as to increase the prominence of that sign, but only in incremental stages in the hope that no one stage would provoke a reaction from Bentley Clothing."In my judgement this did not constitute honest concurrent use."It may be that because of the modest level of trading by both sides there has been little or no confusion caused by the ever-developing use of BENTLEY on the part of Bentley Motors as a sign for clothing and headgear.