A Swiss court has ordered Lidl to stop selling its gold-foil wrapped chocolate rabbits and melt down all remaining stock, because they are too similar to those made by Lindt & Sprüngli, reports The Guardian. Switzerland’s highest court said the Lindt product should be protected from duplicates.
Fortunately for UK shoppers Lidl says the ruling only applies in Switzerland, not the UK.
The Lindt chocolate rabbit is one of the Swiss company's biggest selling lines. 10million are sold every year. The Swiss federal court said the Lindt product was well known to the public and that the Lindt and Lidl products are likely to be confused.
