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23 May 2017
thebigword wins legal action against Language Empire
Language services
provider thebigword Group has won a court order against Language Empire Ltd and
its director Yasar Zaman over intellectual property rights.
His honour Judge
Hacon in the UK High Court Chancery Division made an order giving judgement
against the defendants, restraining them from infringing thebigword’s trade
marks.
The case, number
IP-2017-000049, was heard in the Intellectual Property and Enterprise Court.
The order restrains
the defendants from passing off their products and services as being those of
thebigword.
The court ordered the
defendants to transfer the internet domains thebigwordtranslation.co.uk and
bigwordtranslation.co.uk to thebigword.
It also ordered the
defendants to deliver up any offending materials as well as details of any
business won as a result of the passing off.
Language Empire Ltd
and Yasar Zaman must comply with the order by May 25 or be in contempt of
court.
The defendants must
also pay damages to thebigword as well as its legal costs. These will be
determined at a later date.
Larry Gould, chief
executive, said:
“thebigword Group has generated substantial goodwill across the world in the
field of interpretation and translation since 1980.
“We work extremely
hard to maintain the highest standards of professionalism and customer service for
our clients in complex and demanding situations.
“As a responsible
organisation with a strong and growing reputation in the public and private
sectors, we will defend our position robustly.”
Virtuoso Legal, the
leading UK intellectual property firm, acted on behalf of thebigword Group.
