A Waterford-based company that sells professional beauty products has launched High Court proceedings against a rival it claims is passing off its goods and has “cloned” the complainant’s website.
The plaintiff, which sells, distributes, and promotes beauty products including nail polish, claims that several weeks ago it discovered that the defendant had set up a website that is likely to cause confusion regarding the product range offered for sale by Airmount.Airmount claims that that the text used in the defendant’s website corresponds almost exactly in every respect with that of the plaintiff.
Airmount also claims that it ordered a sample of products offered for sale through the Manitrnd’s website to compare them with those items the plaintiff offers for sale.In its action Airmount, represented by Gary McCarthy SC, Neil Rafter B and solicitor Mark Walsh of Kenny Stephenson Chapman seeks various injunctions restraining the defendant from advertising offering for sale or distributing anything that resembles the plaintiff’s products.
It further seeks damages for what it claims is a breach of contract, negligence, and misrepresentation by Manitrnd.