German court considers whether word mark can be infringed by 3D product shape
In Haribo v Lindt & Sprüngli
(Case 6 U 230/12) the Cologne
Court of Appeal held that Lindt’s
gold-foil wrapped chocolate bear
did not infringe Haribo’s word
mark GOLDBÄREN (‘gold bears’).
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