Trademark

Nestlé 'considering next steps' after Court of Appeal rejects KitKat shape mark. ©iStock/robtek

KitKat UK trademark rejected on appeal

By Oliver Nieburg

Nestlé has lost its bid to register the four-finger KitKat has a 3D shape mark in the UK after a ruling in the Court of Appeal today.

One of Rivington's most famous brands is Pink Panther wafers. Picutre: Rivington Biscuits.

30 biscuit brands up for sale by Metis Partners

By Jenny Eagle

Montana triple chocolate wafer and Trophy milk chocolate wafer by Rivington Biscuits will be sold as part of a commercial intellectual property (IP) sale by Metis Partners.

Posh Nosh ordered to stop importing Mars' Maltesers, Mondelez's Cadbury and Nestlé's Yorkie, KitKat and Toffee Crisp

Victory for Hershey in Posh Nosh trademark war

By Lynda Searby

A Californian court has upheld an injunction preventing Posh Nosh, an importer of UK candy, from selling a number of confectionery brands that Hershey contends infringe its marks.

Hershey and TinctureBelle settle trademark infringement case

Hershey settles pot candy case

By Oliver Nieburg

Hershey has agreed a settlement with Colorado-based firm TinctureBelle, which it had accused of passing off cannabis-infused candies such as Hashees Peanut Butter Cups as Hershey products.

Hershey accuses firm of infringing Reese’s trademark by importing Toffee Crisp

Hershey defends Reese’s and York in trademark war

By Oliver Nieburg

Hershey has filed a lawsuit against LBB Imports accusing it of infringing multiple trademarks on products such as Reese’s and York by importing similar brands into the US such as Toffee Crisp and Yorkie.

IFFCO denies its Tiffany Break infringes the Kit Kat trademark

Nestlé appeals South African Kit Kat ruling

By Oliver Nieburg

Nestlé has lodged an appeal to overturn a South African high court decision that found IFFCO’s Break brand did not infringe the Kit Kat trademark.

Cadbury India isn't fazed by the loss of three of its old eclair label trademarks

Cadbury 'happy to forfeit' three lost Eclair trademarks

By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

Mondelez-owned Cadbury India has lost three of its Chocolate Eclairs label trademarks as part of an eight year tussle with Indian conglomerate ITC Ltd, but is playing down the consequences.

Cadbury India rebranded its eclairs as Choclairs in June and believes Lotte is encroaching on its trademark rights

Mondelez in ‘Choclairs’ row with Lotte in India

By Oliver Nieburg

Mondelez International subsidiary Cadbury India has been granted an interim injunction by a high court In Delhi preventing rival Lotte from selling products alleged to infringe Cadbury’s Choclairs trademark.

Mondelēz lodges appeal against trademark decision

Mondelēz takes trademark appeal to High Court

By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

Mondelēz International has appealed against the New Zealand trademark authority’s decision to OK rival Whittaker’s registration of its Berry Forest chocolate bar, despite protestations that it is too similar to Mondelēz's own Black Forest brand.

Orkla argues that it is unfair that factories that used to produce major Soviet brands can now longer do so because United Confectioners owns most trademarks and has refused to issue licenses

Orkla questions United Confectioners Soviet brand monopoly

By Oliver Nieburg

Orkla Brands Russia has hit out at Russia’s leading player United Confectioners for keeping a monopoly on former Soviet brands, which were previously produced by every confectionery factory in the country.

Seeing purple: Cadbury's victory was a limited one, according to consultant Christopher Pett

Cadbury wins Nestlé colour purple row but what next?

By Christopher Pett

Cadbury has recently been successful in extending the trademark protection for its purple colour, despite spirited resistance by Nestlé, writes Christopher Pett, consultant at Dehns Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys. But what are the implications of the...