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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: 2) by bradley13 on Sunday July 29 2018, @07:02PM
I'm not seeing it. Nestle isn't bidding against your municipal water. They go to some spring or other source that sounds "sexy", and put it in a bottle. Maybe, maybe a few local people are affected - but seriously, the total volume of bottled water isn't even a rounding error compared to the amount of fresh water on the planet.
Is bottled water a bit stupid? Sure it is. So don't buy it - leave Nestle sitting on their overpriced, sexily packaged H20. For some other people, maybe being trendy is worth the price.
Bottled water isn't even close to the most evil product on the planet. Just one example: homeopathy - that's a product that really, truly kills people, because they trust it over actual medicine.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.