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Intellectual Property [2014] ZASCA 187

Societe Des Produits Nestle SA and Another v International Foodstuffs Co and Others (100/2014)

Societe Des Produits Nestle SA and Another v International Foodstuffs Co and Others (100/2014) [2014] ZASCA 187; [2015] 1 All SA 492 (SCA); 2014 BIP 317 (SCA) (27 November 2014)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
100/2014
Judges
Navsa ADP, Theron JA, Swain JA, Zondi JA, Dambuza AJA

The SCA held Nestlé’s Kit Kat shape marks were valid and infringed by Iffco’s similar Break bars, but rejected Nestlé’s word-mark claim.

  • Trade Mark Infringement
  • Shape Marks
  • Technical Functionality Exception
  • Blurring
  • Passing Off
  • Expungement Of Trade Marks
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