Peddlageddon: Attempts to take down videos backfire with unjustified threats

Unjustified threats can cause
many difficulties for the unwary. In a recent interim injunction application (Sledziewski
& Anor v Persons Unknown & Anor [2024]
EWHC 1955 (KB)) brought to restrain the sharing of videos on YouTube, a
trade mark proprietor has got itself into a muddle over threats, feeding an
online ‘pile-on’.Readers may be aware of the
genre of YouTube videos where cyclists