Nestlé had registered the two-finger and four-finger shapes of its Kit Kat bars as trade marks in Singapore some years ago and had sued Petra, that make similarly shaped chocolate wafers for trade mark infringement. Petra counter-sued to invalidate Nestlé’s… Continue Reading →
The Icelandic government has reportedly taken legal action at the European Union Intellectual Property Office against frozen food supermarket chain Iceland in a trade mark dispute over the use of the name ‘Iceland’. The supermarket Iceland has been trading for… Continue Reading →
The famous multicoloured 3D brainteaser that is the Rubik’s cube has been in the news recently. The cube which was invented in 1974 and has sold more than 350m worldwide has been involved in a 10 year legal battle. The… Continue Reading →
Swiss chocolate brand Toblerone manufactured by Mondelēz International has been in the news recently. The company made an announcement on 15 October 2016 on Toblerone’s Facebook page stating there would be a weight reduction in the two sizes of UK Toblerone bars… Continue Reading →
EU trade mark reform came into force on 23 March 2016 with a 6 month amnesty for trade mark owners to review and amend their existing trade mark specifications (the deadline being 23 September 2016). The reform changes concerned the… Continue Reading →
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