Arnold J rules that shape of KitKat chocolate bar cannot be registered as a trade mark
Arnold J rules that shape of KitKat chocolate bar cannot be registered as a trade mark
Further to the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Société des Produits Nestlé SA v Cadbury UK Ltd , C-215/14, EU:C:2015:604, in early 2016 the High Court of England and Wales ruled that the shape of a KitKat chocolate bar cannot be registered as a trade mark on the grounds that it has acquired distinctiveness through use.
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Rosati, Eleonora
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August 2016
Rosati, Eleonora
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Rosati, Eleonora
(2016)
Arnold J rules that shape of KitKat chocolate bar cannot be registered as a trade mark.
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 11 (8), .
(doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpw070).
Abstract
Further to the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Société des Produits Nestlé SA v Cadbury UK Ltd , C-215/14, EU:C:2015:604, in early 2016 the High Court of England and Wales ruled that the shape of a KitKat chocolate bar cannot be registered as a trade mark on the grounds that it has acquired distinctiveness through use.
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Arnold J rules that shape of KitKat chocolate bar cannot be registered as a trade mark
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Accepted/In Press date: 10 May 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 10 July 2016
Published date: August 2016
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Southampton Law School
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/408783
ISSN: 1747-1532
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