13 November 1997: The Republic of Ireland glassware firm Cavan Crystal, and three individual defendants, have settled a High Court agreement with rival Irish firm Waterford Crystal not to infringe Wat…
13 November 1997: The Republic of Ireland glassware firm Cavan Crystal, and three individual defendants, have settled a High Court agreement with rival Irish firm Waterford Crystal not to infringe Waterford Crystal“s “Lismore” pattern trademark. Cavan has been ordered to pay Waterford I 80,000 for legal costs without, however, being required to admit any liability. Waterford took legal action against Cavan Crystal, Cavan“s principal shareholder Neil McKay, glassware trader Oliver Byrne of Dublin, and former Waterford master cutter Sean Daly, alleging that Cavan had been producing counterfeit “Lismore” pattern crystal (see “Weekly World News” 10 July 1997 story). It was agreed that the injunction would not prevent Cavan Crystal from manufacturing, distributing or selling cut crystal glass of the patterns known as “Innisfree” and/or “Kathleen”, provided the cut crystal was branded with the Cavan Crystal logo. The defendants maintained that the Lismore pattern had been used for many decades and that there was no exclusivity in the use of the pattern. It was also claimed that Cavan Crystal had been making glassware bearing a cut or pattern similar to the Lismore pattern since the 1970s.