Settlement in gummi packaging dispute
German confectioner Mederer has agreed to a redesign its gummi bear bags following on from the withdrawal of a lawsuit against the company by US gummi bear maker Farley’s & Sathers.
The manufacturer of Trolli candy sued Mederer in October 2010, alleging that Mederer’s e.frutti-brand gummi snack bags used the same colours, layout and lettering as comparable F&S product packaging.
It claimed that the German confectioner, in this way, intended to confuse buyers of its product and accused Mederer of trademark infringement, dilution, unfair competition and deceptive and unlawful trade practices, according to the Minneapolis ST Paul Business Journal.
Trolli was originally a Mederer brand but it sold the North American rights to the brand in 1997. F&S bought the brand from Chicago-based Wrigley in 2005.
