{
  "id": 14590936,
  "title": "Chocolate vs. oat bar: That's why Ritter Sport is fighting against this square oat bar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/schokolade-vs-haferriegel-darum-kampft-ritter-sport-gegen-diesen",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-15T02:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/schokolade-vs-haferriegel-darum-kaempft-ritter-sport-gegen-diesen-quadrat-haferriegel/100262354.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "A lawsuit between chocolate maker Ritter Sport and Wacker, a company from Mannheim, is set to be heard at the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court. Ritter Sport claims that Wacker's square-shaped oat bar, \"Monnemer Quadrat Bio\", infringes on its trademark packaging, which has been protected since 1996. The court will decide whether Wacker must stop using the packaging and recall existing products, with Ritter Sport seeking damages. Wacker has expressed optimism that the court will uphold a previous ruling in their favor.",
  "summary": "The chocolate manufacturer from Waldenbuch in Swabia wants to have the square oat bar \"Monnemer Quadrat Bio\" from Mannheim banned. He does not accept a first court defeat.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}