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

Krispy kreme in donut war over recipe

The Krispy Kreme donut company may be _____ because of one of its new donuts. A _____ has started between Krispy Kreme Australia and Australia’s biggest cookie company, Arnott. The biscuit company wants _____ Krispy Kreme _____. Arnott’s _____ says the Krispy Kreme Iced Dough-Vo donut is a _____ of its own Iced Vo-Vo biscuit. Arnott has had a trademark on the Vo-Vo since 1906. It is one of Australia’s _____ cookies. Arnott’s lawyers say the Krispy Kreme donut is almost _____to 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 _____ and _____ 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 _____, and that the public would not _____ 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 _____ and decided they were wrong. He said: "We did receive a request from lawyers representing Arnott that we _____ 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.

C.AFTER LISTENING

Answer the following questions.

1) Why may the Krispy Kreme donut company get into trouble?

2) What has started between Krispy Kreme Australia and Australia’s biggest cookie company, Arnott?

3) What is the reason for Arnott to take the Krispy Kreme donut company to court?

4) What has Arnott asked Krispy Kreme to stop selling and why?

5) What has Arnott promised to do, if Krispy Kreme did not stop selling its product?

6) What does the spokesman for the Krsispy Kreme donut company say about their customers?

7) What did Arnott’s lawyers suggested Krispy Kreme should do?

8) How did the Krispy Kreme donut company react to that?

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.

1) war of words 2) copy 3) best-loved 4) identical 5) sprinkling 6) spokesman 7) confuse 8) smart 9) allegedly 10) just

a) favourite b) supposedly c) topping d) mistake e) argument f) intelligent g) simply h) replica i) representative j) the same

8. Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):

1) A war of 2) The biscuit company wants to take 3) It is one of Australia’s best- 4) the Krispy Kreme donut is almost 5) Arnott will take legal action and 6) customers are pretty 7) lawyers looked into Arnott’s 8) withdraw our donuts from the 9) in breach of various 10) a tribute to

a) trademarks b) accusation c) words has started d) shelves in our stores e) Krispy Kreme to court. f) identical to its biscuit g) Arnott’s famous biscuit h) sue Krispy Kreme i) loved cookies j) smart

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