Nestlé heads to South Africa’s top court in Kit Kat row
A trademark battle over the shape of the Kit Kat chocolate bar in South Africa has reached the country’s highest court, the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
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3 December 2014 Confectionary multinational Nestlé has lost a court case against a Singapore-based foods company in which it alleged that its trademarks for the Kit Kat chocolate bar had been infringed.
5 December 2013 A South African court has ruled that the shape of a four and two "fingered" chocolate bar was not too similar to three-dimensional trademarks owned by Nestlé.