Lindt's chocolate bunny trademark win shows shape matters to consumers
- Written by Enrico Bonadio, Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
In a move sure to upset chocoholics everywhere, discount supermarket Lidl was recently told to destroy its stocks of chocolate bunnies. The cull was ordered by a Swiss court that decided Lidl’s bunny was too close to confectioner Lindt’s iconic chocolate rabbit.
Lidl was sued by Swiss confectioner Lindt & Sprüngli for selling...