Sanitarium complained Weetabix was too similar to its product Weet-Bix
Antipodean breakfast giant Sanitarium has lost its case against a British shop in New Zealand, with a judge ruling that importing the British cereal Weetabix did not breach the Fair Trading Act.
However, the high court did find that the shop, A Little Bit of Britain, had breached the Trade Marks Act and 108 boxes of Weetabix held by customs must be destroyed, RNZ reported.
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