A gardener who runs a small business in 'Eden' has won a victory against 'The Eden Project' 400 miles away - after it challenged her use of the name. Furious Susan Davies, 57, set up her company 'Gardens of Eden' six months ago and decided to trademark the name so no other businesses could use it.
She named the business after where she lives in Penrith, in the district of Eden, Cumbria, and thought she would have no issues. But the Eden Project in Bodelva, Cornwall, formally objected to Susan using the name for her business.
The company said it would only withdraw the objection if she agreed to sign a legally-binding document agreeing to a list of criteria. That included not using the word 'Eden' in any other trademark and not using her business name outside Cumbria.
