The biscuit makers, Jacob's have begun a high court action to stop a rival biscuit company selling fig rolls and cream crackers in similar packaging.
Jacob's says the products made by the European company United Biscuits, trading as McVitie's could do incalculable damage to the Irish company's reputation and business.
Senior Counsel, John Gleeson, told the court that the fig rolls and cream crackers produced by Jacob's enjoyed a phenomenal reputation and had been sold here for more than one hundred years.
He said the current packaging had been unaltered since 2004 and had been similar for decades.
He invited Mr Justice Frank Clarke to compare a packet of Jacob's fig rolls and a packet of fig rolls made by McVitie's.
He said McVitie's was trying to launch its products in the Irish market by piggybacking on the reputation enjoyed by Jacob's.
The court was told that Fig Rolls and Cream Crackers account for 15% of Jacob's business and are very significant earners for the company.
The court also heard that McVitie's has now agreed to change the packaging on its products but that there are already 90,000 packets of the biscuits out in the market, waiting to be put on supermarket shelves.
Jacob's wants an injunction preventing McVitie's from selling these packets unless and until they have been repackaged.
Mr Justice Clarke is expected to give a decision on Wednesday.
