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The owner of a boutique Nelson shop selling British products for expats is the latest retailer to fall victim to legal threats over its selection of breakfast cereals.Sanitarium representatives last week visited English Bob's Emporium in Richmond and demanded it stop selling Weetabix, an English equivalent of the New Zealand company's Weet Bix.English Bob's owner, Bob Wren, said he was threatened with legal action if he did not comply immediately.Sanitarium general manager Pierre van Heerden said selling Weetabix in New Zealand breached a trademark held by the company.He added that Weet Bix could not be sold in England for similar reasons."We own the trademark hermes click clack bracelet replica in New Zealand and spend a copy hermes brecelet clic h lot of money in marketing those trademarks. So anyone else bringing in products of similar names or similar trademarks are infringing those under New Zealand law."Mr van Heerden said it was "normal trade practice" to protect intellectual property and it did not matter that English Bob's Emporium was only a small boutique shop.But Mr Wren has accused Sanitarium of "bullying"."They said it sounds too much like Weet Bix but it's a totally different product English people ask me to get this in," Mr Wren said."If they don't want Weetabix going massive then I can understand that. But I'm a boutique English shop selling English stuff. I hermes clic clac bracelet replica sell one or two a week. This is corporate bullying."He planned to continue selling Weetabix in the meantime, but would probably have to eventually comply with the order because he could not afford to fight the larger company.Sanitarium ordered Weetabix off the shelves of the English Corner Shop in Auckland's Onehunga in 2010.Intellectual property expert Anna Kingsbury said the trademark law aimed to protect consumers from being confused.Our Features Top StoriesDrivenWhat's it like driving James Bond's Lotus Espirit? Never meet your heroes? Well, it's not always the case.True CommercialMy Food Bag bags bigger base Home food delivery provider replica hermes bracelet enamel My Food Bag has relocated to a new building in Parnell.

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