Candy and chocolate generally bring happiness to most folks, but they also are keeping a few law firms working overtime.
The latest ruling finds Nestle winning a case that Cadbury had brought against it to try and stop the trademarking of the shape of its Kit Kat bars. Cadbury had taken offense at Nestlé’s 2006 trademarking of Kit Kat as “four trapezoidal bars aligned on a rectangular base.”
After all, as TheHindu.com notes, Cadbury has its own similar chocolate bar, the Crispello, which has a “creamy centre, wrapped in a delicate crispy shell, covered with a delicious layer of Cadbury chocolate.”
But sorry, Cadbury. This time, you lose. Cadbury’s legal team will just have to remember how sweet it felt to beat Nestle recently in a battle over the color purple.
This all comes on the heels of a December court ruling that had Haribo, which makes gummy bears for royalty and commoners alike, bringing down candy maker Lindt in a court of law in order to keep the Swiss confectionary maker from making its little gold-foil-wrapped chocolate teddy bears in the future.
At least sweets lovers know there are plenty of folks out there looking out for them.
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