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Tony's Chocolonely sued by Milka-maker over the colour purple

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  Milka-manufacturer Mondelez has taken legal action against Tony's Chocolonely for mimicking its purple packaging. Tony's has launched four new temporary wrappers, inspired by well-known bars such as Milka as well as chocolate made by other firms including Mars. It said it released a campaign in Germany and Austria to highlight the use of child labour by major suppliers in the cocoa industry. Mondelez said it owned a colour trademark in Europe. "We can confirm that the current legal issue is limited only to trademark infringement matters and concerns." Mondelez added: "As a matter of practice, to protect the values of our brands, which we have worked hard to build over hundreds of years, we express our concerns to third parties when they are using a protected brand element." The other bars in the campaign look similar to a Kit Kat, which is made by Nestle, a Twix, produced by Mars and the ambassador's favourite Ferrero Rocher, owned by Italy's Ferre...