Claudius

Zymöl, probably the most popular high-end car cleaning stuff manufacturer in the USA, has filed a lawsuit against Swissol, a former distributor of Zymöl products.

Zymöl accuses Swissol of copying its products, copying its packaging, copying various certificates and registering trademarks without authorisation.

http://www.zdouk.com/newsarticle.aspx?articleID=35

Trashman

Concours & Concorso complaint I get. They do sound similar. But even with SN spelling Zymol & Swissol

Chris L

Hmm agree - the packaging and Concours bit would seem fair enough. But I don't get the name thing.

Claudius

Well, I would say the ending in "öl" is pretty distinctive. Add to that the fact the they called it "Swizol" before changing it to "Swissöl" and you have 60% of the letters of "Zymöl" in "Swizöl". Hardly unfortunate circumstances if you ask me...

STi-Frenchie

So what has taken Zymol so long before acting? Losing market share I wonder?

Doesn't bother me what Swissol call themselves or their products, I'll still buy them as I've not found anything better and the service I get direct from Claudius Anwander and his team is second to none.

B0DSKI

iTrader: (17)

They could call Swissol Dog Sh*t and i'd still use it on me car it's the best stuff ive ever used!

Chip

Didnt this sort of thing happen about two years ago when Mark Underwood was selling Zymol?

Chip

Oldfella

iTrader: (3)

never tried zymol, but i'm with you on this one

Chris L

Ok Claudius - but they are saying in the action that Swissol or whatever its called, sounds like Zymol - it doesn't. No matter if 60% of the letters are the same - that's what I don't get.

Trashman

As long as it it keeps the coconut smell though eh?

chris's scooby

I opened the garage this morning after spending 4 1/2 hours cleaning and waxing the car yesterday and it still smelt lovely.

Almost made me forget it was raining and all my hard work was wasted by the time i got to work!