Category: Dyson

Vacuum cleaner manufacturer Dyson toasted a record year today after enjoying success with a machine specifically designed for the Japanese market.

Today Qualtex lost at the Court of Appeal. Lord Justice Tuckey, Lord Justice Jacob and Lord Justice Lloyd ruled in Dyson’s favour against Qualtex selling vacuum cleaner parts that infringe Dyson’s design rights.

James Dyson, inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, believes a digital motor designed for one of his newest machines could on day be used in cars.

Dyson, the iconic vacuum cleaner manufacturer, has seen one of its machines become the top-selling model in Japan just 15 months after it was launched. Sales of the DC12 – a compact model designed specifically for the Japanese market – have risen by 400 per cent since last August. Dyson now has a…

Dyson Ltd objected to a national press advertisement for a washing machine that was headed “C”MON GIRLS, LIFE”S TOO SHORT TO SPEND IT WASHING HIS PANTS”. The advertisement stated “INDESIT WASHING MACHINES WITH TIME4YOU. A special Flash Clean programme that gives you an “A” Rated wash in just on…

Complaint: Dyson Ltd objected to a brochure for a range of vacuum cleaners. One cleaner featured in the brochure was the Electrolite Cycloniclite Z7108 produced by Electrolux plc; the brochure claimed that it was a “cyclonic” vacuum cleaner. The complainants, who understood the term “cyclonic” to…

James Dyson, known for his vacuum designs, said he has given up on his Contrarotator washing machine, because the product is making a loss.

At first glance a vacuum cleaner perched on a yellow swivelling ball does not appear revolutionary – or even workable – but the entrepreneur James Dyson has a way of turning the slightly bizarre into mighty profit. He had a “eureka” moment when he saw the prototype created by Stephen Courtney, se…

I’ve never actually used a Dyson bagless vacuum cleaner. I’m told these machines really are a technological breakthrough, but they fail Mrs Collins’s style test. Let’s face it, even compared with the old Hoover upright, they are not things of great beauty, except in the eyes of the most rigorous …

In a landmark case, concerning the design rights of spare parts, Birmingham law firm Wragge & Co’s intellectual property experts have scored an important victory for Dyson and the design industry. In a High Court judgment, following a 14-day trial, Mr Justice Mann held that Qualtex, Europe’s …