THEY are 400 miles apart and a world away from one another in style, but a Scottish restaurant says it was forced to pay £30,000 to change its name after the famous London eaterie The Ivy threatened to sue over trademark infringement.
The owners of Glasgow's Ivy bar and restaurant on Argyle Street estimate they suffered around £20,000 of lost business in the run-up to Christmas after lawyers acting for the London venue banned them from advertising.
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