Dyson set to clean up on registered design?

UK IP hero James Dyson has sued competitor VAX for infringement of one of his UK registered designs. The VAX Mach Zen product does, to this untutored eye, bear some resemblance to Dyson's UK design 2043779 (which is probably the one in suit), but there are also some differences, notably the position of the hose.

VAX's Press Release, however, merely blathers on about how much they respect Dyson, how the design wasn't copied, and how great their product is. Given that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I suppose one can accept the first point; the second two, even if true, appear irrelevant.
The case appears to be HC10C00126 TLC /10, and from a professional point of view we are delighted to see that it will be fought between heavyweight teams: Dyson are represented by Wragges (who largely succeeded for them against Qualtex on pattern spares) and VAX by EMW Picton Howell. Advocacy will be an 11 South Square party, headed by Henry Carr and Ian Purvis respectively. It should be an interesting case on scope of what was, in its time, a fairly striking design - watch this space, and pray it does not settle.