No evidence of damage, prejudice or loss from ‘fake’ Tribune, court told

THE Irish Mail on Sunday newspaper has claimed there is no evidence of any damage, loss or prejudice resulting from its publication of an alleged “fake” copy of the Sunday Tribune last month, just days after a receiver was appointed to it.

Michael Howard, counsel for the IMOS, told the Commercial Court yesterday there was no registered trademark for the Sunday Tribune and it had not been self-financing for years, relying heavily on subsidies from Independent News & Media before receiver Jim Luby was appointed.

There was no evidence that the public or retailers were confused by the disputed publication on February 6 last into thinking it was the Sunday Tribune, he argued.