Sweet shop owner prosecuted by Trading Standards by selling chocolate bars with the trademark 'Wonka'
Selling chocolate bars with the name ‘Wonka’ that did not have allergen information in the correct format, has cost a sweet shop owner more than £10,000.
Alan Price, trading as Mollies Sweet Shops, pleaded guilty to ten charges under the Trade Marks Act 1994 and the Food Information (Wales) Regulations 2014 in a prosecution led by Powys County Council's Trading Standards Service.
On Wednesday, August 16, Llandrindod Wells Magistrates Court heard that the Wonka logo is a registered trademark and it is an offence to apply it to any product without being licensed by the Trade Mark holder.
Price was responsible for the application of the Wonka logo onto the chocolate bar labels, which he then supplied to his sweet shops in Newtown, Ludlow, Telford and Chester.
