Hotel Chocolat has opened a new front in its chocolate war with Waitrose, issuing a legal threat and offering customers an “amnesty” on the supermarket’s alleged copycat bars. The developments escalate a plagiarism dispute that began when the Hotel Chocolat co-founder Angus Thirlwell accused Waitrose last week of copying his flagship range of curvy chocolate “slabs”. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Waitrose and Hotel Chocolat bars. “We are confident that we have not infringed any of Hotel Chocolat’s designs and we refute all of the allegations made by Mr Thirlwell and Hotel Chocolat. Thirlwell said Hotel Chocolat had legal protection for its curved-edge design from the European Union’s intellectual property office.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2018 12:14 UTC