Schweppes Ltd v Wellingtons Ltd [1984] F.S.R. 210
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United Kingdom
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Claimant produced the drink ‘Schweppes’.
Defendant produced a bubble bath almost identical in appearance to a bottle of Schweppes, but called ‘Schlurppes’.
Claimant sued for breach of copyright.
Held
Parody is irrelevant to issue of infringement.
Thus as a substantial part had been copied, there was infringement.
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