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posted by chromas on Saturday July 28 2018, @10:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the breaking-chews dept.

The European Court of Justice has thrown out an appeal by the chocolate bar's maker, Nestlé, which argued that it owns the shape of the teatime treat.

Nestlé has spent more than a decade fighting to trademark the four-fingered wafer shape - something that rival Cadbury had fought hard against.

But Wednesday's judgement found that a previous court had been right to annul the decision by Europe's trademark group.

That could bring an end to the snack's protected European status - and a saga that has proved expensive for both sides.

It also takes the pressure off identical treats like Norway's Kvikk Lunsj - pronounced "quick lunch" and which has been around for 80 years - and opens the door to own-brand imitations at your local supermarket.

[...] Nestlé said that Wednesday's judgement was "not the end of the case" and that it believed the EU trademark office will side with the company anyway.

"We think the evidence proves that the familiar shape of our iconic four-finger Kit Kat is distinctive enough to be registered as an EU trademark," a spokesman said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44939819

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by c0lo on Sunday July 29 2018, @10:22AM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday July 29 2018, @10:22AM (#714283) Journal

    What does this have to do with Apple?

    Remember the Apple "rounded corners design patent" brouhaha?
    That's Nestle's "4 trapezoidal wafer fingers" brouhaha - except the Europeans seems to not have a stomach for it.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @11:13AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @11:13AM (#714303)

    Remember the Apple "rounded corners design patent" brouhaha?

    Sure I do. But if it isn't mentioned in TFA, nor added as a quip in TFS, then why the blatant editorializing in the title?

    That's Nestle's "4 trapezoidal wafer fingers" brouhaha - except the Europeans seems to not have a stomach for it.

    Oooh, punny ;-)

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @12:00PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 29 2018, @12:00PM (#714311)

      then why the blatant editorializing in the title?

      That's what the people do, better get used to it.

      • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Sunday July 29 2018, @01:52PM

        by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Sunday July 29 2018, @01:52PM (#714346) Homepage Journal

        The Editors do some terrible things -- as I've said many times. But I like what they did to the headline on this one. And I don't want to spoil what they did. But I can tell that some folks don't understand. And if you don't understand, you can look at the video. And probably you'll understand. youtu.be/fRM8aoMXhh8 [youtu.be]