Every Tuesday and Friday,
WTR presents a round-up of news, developments and insights from across the trademark sphere. In our latest round-up, we look at Unilever offloading the Bertolli business, thousands of counterfeit designer masks seized in Kentucky, South Korea adopting a Vegan certification mark, and much more. Coverage this time from Trevor Little (TL), Bridget Diakun (BD), Jonathan Walfisz (JW) and Tim Lince (TJL).
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Unilever offloads Bertolli business – Unilever has sold the remainder of its Bertolli business to Enrico-Glasbest. The Dutch food group is now the owner of the rights to the pasta sauce and pesto products in Europe. It further will be in possession of the worldwide rights to mayonnaise products sold under the Bertolli brand. Unilever has been unloading its Bertolli business for over a decade. In 2008 it sold the Bertolli olive-oil business to Deoleo, and in 2014 Mizkan Group bought the US rights to the Bertolli Brand. In 2017 Upfield acquired