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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspodent

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

Rebecca Dowdeswell pictured with three of her nkd products
Rebecca Dowdeswell says she has been forced to close one of her two nkd salons and has run up legal fees of over more than £30,000 fighting the French firm. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian

A 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.

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