'Amicable' end to deli and cookbook trademark row

Kate Attlee had asked Bloomsbury to change the title and cover design of the cookbook Sabzi

A Cornish deli owner has withdrawn her complaint over the use of her company's name on a cookery book.

Kate Attlee, who launched Sabzi in 2019 and trademarked the name in 2022, previously said she was "incredibly stressed" when Bloomsbury released a cookbook under the same name by food writer Yasmin Khan.

Bloomsbury maintained the term sabzi was a descriptive word for vegetable dishes in Farsi and Urdu and said Khan began work on the book in 2017, before the deli - which has four locations in Cornwall - opened.

Ms Attlee's agent confirmed the matter had been "amicably resolved" and she did not want to comment further.

A Bloomsbury spokesperson said: "We are pleased that Kate Attlee has done the right thing and withdrawn her complaint.

"It has been our position from the outset that the use of the descriptive term Sabzi as the title of Ms Khan's cookbook does not constitute trademark use and does not infringe any IP (intellectual property) rights.

"We wish Kate Attlee continued success with her deli business".