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The European Union’s top court on Wednesday July 25th ordered the EU’s intellectual property office to “reconsider” Kit Kat’s bloc-wide trademark, prolonging Nestle’s decade-long battle to claim exclusive rights over the chocolate bar’s distinctive shape. Nestle has been locked in a blockbuster legal war with US rival Mondelez, maker of Cadbury chocolate, over the four-fingered wafer biscuit which was first sold in 1935. In a closely watched case, the European Court of Justice said the EU’s intellectual property office must go back to the drawing board and revisit its 2006 to decision to grant Kit Kat an EU trademark based...

BITING into a KitKat, Saima Ahmad was shocked to find a solid block of chocolate instead of a wafery crunch. Now she wants justice. The 20-year-old law student from London is demanding Nestle compensate her with a lifetime supply of KitKats, ITV news reports. Ms Ahmad, who bought a pack of eight KitKats for £2 ($4), is threatening legal action if she doesn't get her demand. She's backing up her claim of "monetary and emotional" loss over the incident by quoting case law going back to the 1930s. "The truth of the matter is; manufacturers owe a duty of care...

PLease pray for my daughter, Katie, who had a stroke and was rushed by helicopter to Cleveland for surgery. She is in her forties and has two children, one still in grade school. Since we live in different states, the information has been sketchy, but we do know that the stroke was a bad one.

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 9/10/02 BREAKING: Iraq al-Twaitha, Tamoz, Tuweithe nuclear facilities BREAKING: Al-Muhajiroun terror meeting planned Iraq, Baghdad, Al-Hariri school, Ritter, Ramadan, Ramallah, Qureia, Kit Kat, Egypt ===================== Iraqi al-Twaitha nuclear facility =================== The Iraqis have so many nuclear facilities that they are showing off some of the least important. TODAY, at the Iraqi al-Twaitha and Tamoz nuclear facilities, 25 miles south of Baghdad tours were given. The site was destroyed twice, first by the Israelis in 1981 and then by allied troops during the 1991 Gulf War. ===================== Tuweithe nuclear facility =================== At the...