Popular gummy-bear maker Haribo lost a long-running court battle Wednesday against German counterpart Lindt, which was accused of copying Haribo’s chocolate teddy bears. “Lindt’s sale of bear-shaped chocolates wrapped in a golden foil with a red ribbon is neither a violation of Haribo’s ‘Gold Bear’ trademark nor an illegal imitation of the fruit gum products,” a German federal court ruled. Lindt had argued that the chocolate “Lindt Teddy” figurines were inspired by its Easter rabbit chocolates, not Haribo’s famous gummy bears.
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