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Trunki firm loses Supreme Court case over design Trunki firm loses Supreme Court case over design
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A company that sells Trunki suitcases has lost a court battle with a rival over designs of ride-on luggage. A company that sells children's ride-on suitcases has lost a court battle with a rival over product design.
Five Supreme Court judges analysed a dispute between Magmatic, which sells Trunki suitcases, and PMS International, which sells Kiddee Case luggage, at a hearing in November. Magmatic - which sells Trunki suitcases decorated to look like animals or insects - said PMS International's Kiddee Case range infringed registered design rights.
They have now ruled against Magmatic. Five Supreme Court judges who analysed the dispute at a hearing in November have now ruled against Magmatic
Magmatic said Kiddee Case suitcases decorated to look like animals or insects infringed registered design rights. Lawyers said the ruling will have "profound" design implications.
Lawyers said the ruling will have "profound implications in the design world". Magmatic founder Rob Law appeared on BBC Two television show Dragons' Den in 2006, unsuccessfully seeking investment for his Trunki case.
After he was rejected by the Dragons, he went on to sell more than two million of the suitcases in more than 60 countries.