Haddonstone – the UK’s leading manufacturer of garden ornaments and architectural cast stonework – has agreed settlements with Homebase regarding the alleged copying of five Haddonstone designs.

These settlements concluded two separate disputes, one relating to Haddonstone’s Lotus Flower Pebble Bowl Fountain, the other relating to items from Haddonstone’s Contemporary Collection of planters – Cube, Highland Trough, Hoop and Meander.

As part of the settlements, without admitting liability, Homebase paid a total of £20,000 as a contribution towards Haddonstone’s legal costs and have agreed not to source any further stock.

Simon Scott, Haddonstone’s Marketing Director commented: “Haddonstone always aggressively protects its registered designs, trade marks and copyrights. Design-lead UK manufacturing companies like Haddonstone, who create unique products for sale around the world, can only survive by constant innovation and by constant vigilance to ensure that expensive product development is not wasted.”

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