German federal court sides with Lindt in gold bunny battle

A German federal court ruled the golden shade of the foil wrap on Lindt & Spruengli’s Gold Bunny enjoys protected status (Winfried Rothermel/dpa via AP)

A German federal court has ruled that the golden shade of the foil wrap on Lindt & Spruengli’s Gold Bunny, a popular chocolate Easter bunny, enjoys protected status.

The Federal Court of Justice delivered its verdict in a battle between Switzerland’s Lindt and a German company, Heilemann, which in 2018 also marketed a chocolate bunny in a gold foil wrap.