UK small business owner to face L’Oréal at tribunal over trademark dispute

Rebecca Dowdeswell has been locked in three-year legal battle with £170bn cosmetics firm over her nkd brandA small business owner is preparing to face down the cosmetics giant L’Oréal at a tribunal next week over a trademark dispute she says has had a devastating impact on her.Rebecca Dowdeswell, 49, from Nottinghamshire, has been locked in a three-year legal battle with the French company since it claimed her use of the name nkd for her business would cause “consumer confusion” with its own range of Naked beauty products. Continue reading...