Mr Cox told Mr Justice Laddie that Shell's witnesses seemed to have developed 'corporate amnesia'.
June, 1999:
INTO BATTLE WITH SHELL
This website and sisters royaldutchshellgroup.com, shellnazihistory.com, royaldutchshell.website,
johndonovan.website, shellnews.net, and shellwikipedia.com,
are owned by John Donovan. There is also a Wikipedia segment.
BURY FREE PRESS: INTO BATTLE WITH SHELL
Man sues oil giant over 'his idea'
Ideas man sues Shell
In a David and Goliath legal battle, John Donovan, 52, is suing the petrol giant over its alleged misuse of confidential information and its refusal to credit him as creator. Shell says the idea came from a different source.
Oil giant stole my promotion idea, alleges businessman
OIL-giant Shell's successful Smart card customer loyalty scheme was "pinched" from a confidential idea put forward by the man behind many of its earlier promotions, a High Court judge heard yesterday.
The Times: Ideas man sues Shell
The Times
16 June 1999
Ideas man sues Shell
John Alfred Donovan v. Shell UK Ltd Trial Transcript 15 June 1999 onwards
John Alfred Donovan v Shell Trial Transcript 600dpi
John Alfred Donovan
Shell faces court battle on its Smart scheme
Shell will this week defend a multi-million-pound law suit from sales promotion agency Don Marketing, which claims Shell stole its idea for the Smart loyalty scheme.
Sunday Business: Donovan takes Smart case against Shell to court
To highlight his current grievances, Donovan has mounted a high-profile campaign including the creation of an anti-Shell web-site, picketing of Shell HQ and annual meetings. He has also placed ads in the trade press warning Shell Smart partners that they, too, could face legal action.
Promotions expert claims Shell stole his Smart card idea
He also alleges that Shell used an undercover investigator, Christopher Phillips, to look into his financial affairs. Shell's lawyers admit that they hired Mr Phillips, but only to carry out "routine credit inquiries".
Incentive Today Magazine: Shell loyalty row continues
The latest bizarre development in the case is an intervention in the form of a letter from the wife of Mark Moody-Stuart, the head of Shell International.
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