Designer clothes to be destroyed for trademark breach

Designer clothes worth tens of thousands of euro are to be destroyed after a court ruled a retailer breached the Trademark Act by selling the clothes without permission from the manufacturer.

US clothing giant Abercrombie & Fitch sued McGazz Ltd, which operates a small shop at the Milk Market in Limerick City.

During a lengthy hearing, Judge Aeneas McCarthy was told more than 800 items of clothing were seized at the store on Jun 13 after the company was granted a court order.