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15 December 2016Trademarks

KitKat battle rages on: EUIPO must reconsider TM

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) must reconsider the registration of Nestlé’s 3D four-finger KitKat shape, according to the General Court in the latest round of proceedings with Mondelez International.

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19 April 2018   An advocate-general at the Court of Justice of the European Union has said that the European Union Intellectual Property Office must re-examine whether Nestlé’s four-finger KitKat shape may be maintained as an EU trademark.
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