The company from Bonn pushes the Similarity between the gummy bears from the Basque country of Northern Spain and the gummy bears, the candy group auserkor to his company logo.
Haribo spokesman: “the risk of a misleading connection”
The “alcohol gummy bears are similar to the Haribo gold bears – one of the most successful and world renowned product from Haribo,” explains a spokesman for the company. There is a danger of a misleading connection between our brand and the alcoholic fruit gummy bear, which may only be used in adults over the age of 18 years sold was””.
For the protection of its registered brand, Haribo, therefore, have “a in these cases, the usual legal procedures” against the Spanish company Ositos & Co initiated.
He was like “from the clouds”, as if he had recently received a six-page English-language letter from the Haribo-lawyers, says Méndez. In the AFP, this Letter speaks of “a great Similarity” between the two candies, and the fact that it was the Ositos con alcohol (bear with alcohol) to a violation of the Right to intellectual property.
Haribo makes drastic claims
in December 1920 in Bonn, Germany based company is offering an “amicable agreement”, calls of the Basque young entrepreneurs, however, drastic measures.
In the letter, you will be prompted to stop the production and sale “of each product with the controversial Symbol”, which in Spain is a registered trademark and “the operation and ownership of the Internet Domain ositosconalcohol.com” Haribo assign.
“We will not harm your brand and they (the bears) don’t look alike,” says Méndez. The gummy bears from Spain were greater than the Haribo.
in 2012, sued Haribo, Lindt and lost
Haribo was taken in 2012, a court order against the Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt. The stumbling block is a Schokobär in gold foil, the so-called Lindt Teddy, was from the point of view of Haribo against the registered German word mark “goldbar” was at the time. After three years of legal dispute Haribo finally lost in front of the Federal court of justice.
Mendez and his business partner, 24-year-old Julen Justa and the 25-year-old Tamar Gigolashvili, check currently “very careful” how you respond to the Letter from the house of Haribo – even if you “have enough resources for a court case”.
Méndez acknowledges that you have “fear” in front of the big family of companies, you can “sink, if it wants to”. At the same time, he assures that he wants to put the production and the sales of the “bears with alcohol” because “people you like”.
15 to 17 alcohol-bears result in a Gin and Tonic
the Delicacy is Sold with an alcohol content of 15 per cent in small metal cans with colorful company logo. It is a lemon, you available in five colors and flavors: Rum, pineapple, Gin-strawberry, vodka Orange, whiskey coke, and Tequila. A glass of wine is equivalent to more or less eight, “bears in alcohol”, a Gin and Tonic has as much alcohol as 15 to 17 rubber from the house of “Ositos & Co fruit”.
Founded in January 2019, sold the Startup for its goods not only in the Internet, but also Spanish Bars and Nightclubs. The three young entrepreneurs received start-up assistance from the municipality of Getxo, a coastal city in the vicinity of Bilbao. This cash injection triggered a debate, because the Opposition feared on the spot, the gummy bears were donated to youth for alcohol consumption.
Also, Haribo is the combination of gummy bears, and alcohol-sour. The company attaches “great importance to be in any way with the alcoholic fruit gummy bears from Ositos & Co associates”, emphasized the speaker. “For us, the children and the enjoyment of alcohol from close in principle.”
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