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Protecting Intellectual Property

Posted by Bill Cumming on June 15, 2010  |   No Comments »

When is a baking pan not a baking pan? Apparently when it looks too much like a chocolate bar.

Law.com reports that the Pennsylvania-based Hershey company is suing Williams-Sonoma Inc. over the shape of a brownie pan being sold by the popular store. Hershey says the pan “embodies and mimics” its candy bar design.

According to the Law.com article, Hershey is seeking an injunction to block Williams Sonoma from further sales of the baking pan. Continue Reading…

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