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30th September 2022
11:52am BST

The court deemed the destruction of Lidl’s stock of bunnies as “proportionate, especially as it does not necessarily mean that the chocolate as such would have to be destroyed”, suggesting that the bunnies in question could be melted down and reused in another incarnation.
Lindt's chocolate bunnies are easily identified by their gold foil wrapping and red ribbon with small bell, and are no strangers to the court. Lindt has been to court multiple times in recent years to protect its popular treat, according to the Guardian, and applied for a trademark on the three-dimensional shape of its bunny back in 2000, which was granted the next year.
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