📰 In 2011, Lindt introduced and start producing chocolate teddy bears wrapped in gold foil to which Haribo argued that this would cause confusion and was a violation to its “Gold Bear” logo. Haribo has been making gummy bear sweets since 1960s and Lindt introduced its chocolate teddy in 2011.

⚖️ The court ruled that there would be no risk of confusion between the gold foil teddy bear and the gold bear logo, with one product being made of chocolate and the other one being a gummy sweet. This is also to prevent the danger of “product design monopolization” in the area of three-dimensional goods.