A man with a business called EasyJetwash has been accused of infringing trademarks by the company which licenses brands like easyJet.
Jozsef Spekker, who owns the Newcastle-under-Lyme driveway-cleaning business, stated the “only similarity is the word Easy” and his life was “about to collapse”.
The Intellectual Property Office website said a trademark was registered and an entry was added to the register, external in April 2022.
EasyGroup chairman Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou stated it would “win in court” unless Mr Spekker “rebrands sooner than the judgement, in which case we might not pursue the legal case to the end”.
The Staffordshire business owner said he had not intended “to use the word easy to take advantage” of another business’s reputation.
But last December he received “a demand letter to completely shut down”, Mr Spekker told the BBC.
“My business is extremely different from anything that easyGroup offer for their customers.
“Not just the business but the appearance of the business as well, and the way EasyJetwash is displayed.
“When I registered as a trademark and got accepted I was 100% sure I have every right over my business which is my only income.”
