LONDON: Two weeks ago, Hershey’s won kudos for not changing Cadbury’s Crème Egg recipe after the U.K.’s decades-old version was tinkered with. The chocolate giant filed a trademark infringement suit in a Pennsylvania court against LBB Imports, which brings British candy to the U.S., claiming that the imports too closely resemble candies produced by Hershey’s.
Now the chocolate maker is turning some stomachs for suing the company that brings authentic British Cadbury Crème Eggs in the U.S.
Court documents state that the “orange wrappers on British Toffee Crisp candies are too similar to wrappers on Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups” and “England’s Yorkie chocolate bars should also be forbidden, because they are too similar in name to Hershey’s York Peppermint Patties.
