"Square. Handy. Good": That is how Ritter Sport, a well-known German brand of chocolate, has advertised for years. And now the top German court has given it sole permission to use the square shape for its bars. "Square size simply fits in your pocket!"
For decades, Ritter Sport has marketed its chocolate bars on their unique, square shape.
The square bar dates back to 1932, when Clara Ritter came up with the idea, according to company legend. "Let's make a chocolate bar that fits in everyone's jacket pocket without breaking and weighs the same as a normal long bar," she is supposed to have said (although in German).
By 1970 it had come up with the slogan "Quadratisch, praktisch, gut" - quality, chocolate, squared, as the company likes to translate it.
The family company registered the shape with the German patent and trademark office in 1993, so when Milka began marketing a square bar in 2010, the case went to court.
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