Coming up roses: Flowerbx counsel explores the win for Victoria Beckham’s go-to florist

After securing success for a brand built around a deliberately unconventional spelling, Flowerbx’s lead counsel explains how its reputation—and compelling evidence of consumer confusion—proved central to the case.

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