Spain’s ‘drunken gummy bears’ on edge as Haribo bares its teeth 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseAnder Mendez and his friends were hoping they’d struck it rich when they came up with the idea of selling alcohol-infused gummy bears — until they found themselves in the sights of sweet giant Haribo. In a not-so-sweetly worded legal letter, Haribo has accused their startup of infringing its trademarked little bear. In 2012, Haribo took legal action against Swiss chocolate-maker Lindt, saying its hollow chocolate teddy bears wrapped in gold foil were an imitation of its products. But following a long-running legal battle, a German court ruled in Lindt’s favour, saying the chocolate bears could not be mistaken for Haribo’s jelly sweets.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 20, 2020 04:18 UTC