Kit Kat trade mark case sent back to EUIPO by General Court

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Kit Kat trade mark case sent back to EUIPO by General Court

December 15 2016
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The EUIPO will have to reconsider a trade mark dispute between Nestlé and Mondelez, over the shape of the Kit Kat bar, after the General Court said that distinctive character must be proved in all EU member states

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