EasyGroup’s Stelios: ‘I will start a new business called Premier Hotels and get away with it’

EasyGroup founder lambasts a UK judge’s decision in favour of Premier Inn, calling the ruling “wrong” and warning that UK trademark owners “should be worried” if the judgment stands.

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EasyGroup’s Stelios: ‘I will start a new business called Premier Hotels and get away with it’

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