DIY GIANT Ikea will today apply for a High Court injunction to restrain a kitchen installer from using its name.
Inter Ikea System BV, trading as Ikea, has brought the case against John Haugh, Donnycarney Road, Dublin, whom it alleges has infringed its trademark by registering the business name “Ikea Kitchen Fitters” with the Companies Registration Office.
Yesterday, Niamh Hyland, for Ikea, asked Ms Justice Mary Laffoy for an early hearing of the application for an injunction.
Mr Haugh, who represented himself, said he would be defending the matter as the Companies Office had accepted the business name. He said he did not have a solicitor and also had to present himself at Mountjoy Jail yesterday afternoon to serve a week’s imprisonment.
Ms Justice Laffoy told Mr Haugh he should understand the seriousness of the matter and would have to swear an affidavit outlining his defence.
