Nestle has made an appeal at the Appeals Court over the High Court’s decision on the case in relation to the Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim filed by Mad Labs Sdn. Bhd. against Nestlé Products Sdn. Bhd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
The notice filed is to seek an appeal against the High Court’s decision which decided that Nestle was negligent and has unjustly enriched itself in the wrongful and/or unauthorised use and/or printing of the QR Code on the packaging of its products; (ii) the Mad Labs Sdn. Bhd. has the right to sell to Nestle, the ability for Nestle to control the QR Code, and is entitled to compensation for the unauthorised use of the QR Code without the permission of the 1st Respondent.
And that Nestle failed to establish that there was unlawful interference with its trade and business by the Mad Lab’s and Nestle had failed to establish that there was defamation and trade libel Mad Lab against the Nestle.
The food giant said it will share more details when there are material developments.
