The energy drink company challenged a small gin firm after it claimed the word 'bull' would create confusion
"Bullards is not in any way a logical brand extension of Red Bull," the senior hearing officer at the UK Intellectual Property Office, Allan James wrote.
Mr Evans said he was"relieved" that the legal battle was over, adding:"It just begs the question as to why they think they can do things like this when all they did was start something that's now been thrown out, but it's cost me £30,000 to defend."He added that Bullards has no intention of making energy drinks, but Red Bull"also wanted us to not do soft drinks, which we do, and they also wanted us to stop doing events, which is ridiculous".
The trademark attorney for Bullards, Luke Portnow, said:"We stood firm that Bullards and Red Bull are of such different trade, no amount of reputation in energy drinks was enough to prevent use and registration here. "It pains me that such unnecessarily aggressive - and expensive - enforcement practices continue in this field of law."