date:May 29, 2012
e decision will come as a bitter blow to Lindt after a seven year struggle to trademark its bunny.
It first filed an application with OHIM in 2004, which was rejected since evidence that ithadcharacter came only from Germany and not the EU as a whole.
Lindt then lodged an appeal in 2008 against OHIM that was again rejected. The Fourth Board of Appeal said that rabbits were a typical shape for chocolate, particularly around Easter, and therefore lacked distinctive character.
Its next appeal ca