British manufacturer of coffee pods wins major court victory over Nestle Nespresso The High Court of Justice in London ruled that Dualit, which sells capsules that can be used in Nestle's machines, can continue to make the pods. With the division providing sales of around SFr4.5bn (£3.1bn) every year for Nestle, the decision will be a blow to the Swiss consumer giant. Nespresso said it was "disappointed" by the court's judgment. We believe the decision is inconsistent with the ruling by the European Patent Office in April 2012, confirming the validity of a key patent for the Nespresso system, said Daniel Weston, general counsel of Nestlé Nespresso. We are currently reviewing the judgment and will make a decision on next steps in due course. Leslie Gort-Barten, Dualit's managing director, remarked afterwards that his legal counsel had been dwarfed by Nespresso's. "They had a whole football team or even rugby team of lawyers; they tended to outnumber us five-to-one," he said. Yesterday's ruling came eight months after a German court rejected an application by Nestle to ban the sale of unlicensed coffee capsules for its Nespresso machines in Germany.