Nissan is taking legal action against Vote Leave, claiming that the official Brexit campaign has misused the carmaker’s logo in a leaflet that urges voters to support a leaving the EU.
The offending leaflet features Nissan’s logo next to those of four other major companies which include Unilever and Vauxhall, and says: “Major employers have all said they’ll stay in the UK whatever the result of the referendum”.
Nissan has said that it will go to the High Court in order to stop Out campaigners from using its name and logo to prevent further “false statements and misrepresentations”.
"False statements and misrepresentations"
The decision follows an earlier complaint on behalf of the manufacturer about campaign material, and said that it would be seeking an injunction.
It added that its position on Thursday’s vote was clear: that it preferred the UK to stay in the European Union but that it was a decision purely up to the British public.
A statement from the manufacturer said: “We were extremely disappointed to discover that the Vote Leave campaign had been using the Nissan name and logo in their literature and on their website without our permission. We immediately requested that they stop doing so.
"Extremely dissappointed"
“It has since come to light that the Vote Leave campaign continue to use our logo and trademark despite our repeated requests for them to stop.”
The statement noted that permission to use Nissan’s name and logo was not requested, and added: “If it was, it would not have been granted”.
