Danone fails to appeal Yoplait's High Court injunction in low fat yoghurt row

Yoplait Ireland Ltd is suing Nutricia Ireland Ltd, the Irish subsidiary of Danone, over allegedly 'passing off' certain Skyr products on the Irish market

Ms Justice Hyland said Danone had failed to establish material error in the High Court judge’s conclusion that the relevant customer was one shopping in Ireland for Skyr yoghurt rather than one shopping for white strained yoghurts, as Danone contended. File photo: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images

A row over low fat yoghurt between two multimillion global companies has come before the Irish courts.

In the latest round, the Court of Appeal has upheld an injunction granted three months ago to Yoplait Ireland Ltd and ordered that the Irish subsidiary of Danone be restrained from passing off certain Skyr products on the Irish market as those of Yoplait pending the determination of the proceedings.