Listen to the text again and fill in the gaps using the following words
legal team, best-loved, sue, war of words, identical, in trouble, to take to court, withdraw, different, copy, take legal action, confuse, accusation, tribute |
The Krispy Kreme donut company may be in trouble because of one of its new donuts. A war of words has started between Krispy Kreme Australia and Australia’s biggest cookie company, Arnott. The biscuit company wants to take Krispy Kreme to court. Arnott’s legal team says the Krispy Kreme Iced Dough-Vo donut is a copy of its own Iced Vo-Vo biscuit. Arnott has had a trademark on the Vo-Vo since 1906. It is one of Australia’s best-loved cookies. Arnott’s lawyers say the Krispy Kreme donut is almost identicalto its biscuit, both in name and in recipe. It also looks similar, with its pink icing and coconut sprinkling. Arnott has asked Krispy Kreme to stop selling the Iced Dough-Vo. If it doesn’t, Arnott will take legal action and sue Krispy Kreme.
Krispy Kreme sees no problem with its Iced Dough-Vo. A spokesman for the company, John McGuigan, told reporters that the two products were quite different, and that the public would not confuse the two. "Krispy Kreme customers are pretty smart. They can tell the difference between a doughnut and a biscuit," he said. Mr. McGuigan added his lawyers looked into Arnott’s accusation and decided they were wrong. He said: "We did receive a request from lawyers representing Arnott that we withdraw our donuts from the shelves in our stores because we were allegedly in breach of various trademarks. We've taken advice, and the advice is that's not the case." McGuigan also said the similarity of the name was just a tribute to Arnott’s famous biscuit.
Match the following words from the text placed in the left column with their synonyms given in the right column. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
war of words | argument |
copy | replica |
best-loved | favourite |
identical | the same |
sprinkling | topping |
spokesman | representative |
confuse | mistake |
smart | intelligent |
allegedly | supposedly |
just | simply |
Match the following words from the text placed in the left column with their synonyms given in the right column. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
A war of | words has started |
The biscuit company wants to take | Krispy Kreme to court. |
It is one of Australia’s best- | loved cookies |
the Krispy Kreme donut is almost | identical to its biscuit |
Arnott will take legal action and | sue Krispy Kreme |
customers are pretty | smart |
lawyers looked into Arnott’s | accusation |
withdraw our donuts from the | shelves in our stores |
in breach of various | trademarks |
a tribute to | Arnott’s famous biscuit |