Practitioners react to the CJEU’s ruling on the Kit Kat shape
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Practitioners react to the CJEU’s ruling on the Kit Kat shape

Kingsley Egbuonu
September 30, 2015
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Opinion is divided among trade mark practitioners on the potential implications of the recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) on the Kit Kat shape case

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Kingsley oversees the research for Managing IP’s annual awards programme and our legal guide known as IP STARS, a publication that ranks IP law firms and practitioners. His postgraduate qualifications include a master’s degree in IP from Queen Mary University of London.
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