Oatly, the Swedish plant-based milk leader which raised over $2 billion in a recent IPO, has entered a court battle with a Cambridgeshire farm over alleged trademark infringement. Oatly’s legal team has sought a High Court injunction to stop Glebe Farm Foods from using its PureOaty brand.
Oatly Speaks Out Regarding the PureOaty Court Case
As we reported yesterday, market leader Oatly has entered a court battle with UK farm Glebe Farm Foods over a trademark disagreement regarding its PureOaty brand. Oatly has since contacted vegconomist with a brief comment as below. The case at the London High Court will put forward that PureOaty, one of the plant milks available from the farm which produces oats and other cereals, infringes copyright and that the packaging and name are too similar. Glebe Farm’s owner Phillip Rayner told the BBC: “Oatly says the name and packaging are too similar to theirs, but when we compare the two products side by side, we are surprised by this.” An Oatly spokesperson said to vegconomist today in response: “We approached Glebe Farms in a letter …
