EasyJetwash owner agrees to payout in trademark row

The owner of driveway-cleaning business EasyJetwash has agreed to pay damages and change the brand name after a trademark dispute with the firm that owns easyJet. Jozsef Spekker, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, was threatened with legal action by easyGroup after he registered the trademark in April 2022. He has now agreed to pay “significant damages” and legal costs as well as to stop using the easyjetwash.com brand, which he will change to stokejetwash.com, according to easyGroup. Spekker confirmed the contents of easyGroup’s statement but declined to comment further. EasyGroup said the agreement was made without having to go to a full trial in court, which it claimed would have been a “sure victory” for the firm. Chairman Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou said Spekker was given an 18-month phasing-out period to “educate his customers” about his business’s new name.<br/>