date:Apr 24, 2014
Mars Inc. on April 15 filed a complaint against The Hershey Co. accusing the Hershey, Pa.-based company of engaging in a scheme to hinder Mars from selling its world-famous Maltesers candy in the United States.
According to the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, Mars has sold a chocolate-covered malt ball candy under the name Maltesers brand for more than 75 years, generating millions of dollars a year. In or about 1978, Mars ado