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Court holds London establishment’s moniker infringes Orient-Express trademark
The family operating the Cipriani restaurant in London's Mayfair district has been told it can no longer use that name, as it infringes on a trademark owned by Orient-Express Hotels. Orient-Express owns the Hotel Cipriani, a well-known hotel in Venice.
"We have no wish to cause difficulties for other businesses, but Orient-Express Hotels has worked long and hard over many years to build a worldwide reputation for Hotel Cipriani, substantiated by the many awards and accolades the hotel and its restaurants win each year,” said Paul White, president and ceo of Orient-Express Hotels. “We are entitled to protect this famous name in Europe and it was important to us to do so.”
Upholding a lower court ruling that the Cipriani restaurant in London was infringing on Orient-Express Hotels' trademark, Britain's Court of Appeals ordered the restaurant to cease using 'Cipriani' and 'Cipriani' London and to change its name to one that does not infringe. The court also ordered the restaurant to publicize the court's decision on its menus and elsewhere.
The decision means that Arrigo and Giuseppe Cipriani, the son and grandson, respectively, of the founder of the Hotel Cipriani, can't use their own last name on restaurants in the U.K. Arrigo's father opened Hotel Cipriani in 1958 on the island of Giudecca, but the family sold its stake more than 40 years ago. The property has been owned by Orient-Express since 1976.
The battle over the six-year-old London restaurant's name may not be over. The Cipriani family issued a statement saying it was “considering avenues of appeal to the Supreme Court, … [while] also exploring other potential names for the London restaurant."
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