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Chocolate rabbit dispute

The German Federal Court (BGH) has reversed a judgement of the Supreme State Court in Frankfurt in the ongoing dispute about the famous golden-wrapped chocolate rabbits from the confectioner Lindt&Sprüngli. The Swiss confectioner had accused the Bavarian sweetmeat shop Riegelein of breaching trademark rights by creating a rabbit very similar to their own. The Frankfurt court had accorded the claim.

After the verdict of the Federal Court, the case is back in Frankfurt for a next round. This is the second time that the Federal Court has heard the issue. The same case has been dealt with four years ago. Back then, the federal justices also ruled in favour of the defendant.