May 19, 2015
A Maryland state lawmaker named Steve S. Hershey, accused of infringing Hershey Co.'s iconic brown and white trade dress by making campaign signs mimicking the chocolate bar wrappers, agreed on Tuesday to stop imitating the design.
April 30, 2015
A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday put on hold The Hershey Co.'s trademark infringement case against state Sen. Stephen Hershey, R-Upper Shore, due in part to civil unrest resulting from the death of Freddie Gray, who died while in police custody.
April 23, 2015
The Hershey Co. and a Maryland state lawmaker named Steve S. Hershey, who is being accused of infringing the confectionery company's famous brown and white trade dress by making campaign signs that mimicked the company's chocolate bar wrappers, announced Wednesday they have hammered out a tentative agreement to end the dispute.
February 24, 2015
A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit from the Hershey Co. claiming a Maryland state lawmaker — named Steve S. Hershey — infringed its famous brown and white trade dress by making campaign signs that mimicked the wrappers.
July 17, 2014
Candy giant The Hershey Co. won a preliminary injunction Thursday barring a Maryland state lawmaker named Steve S. Hershey from using political signs that look like the candy maker's famous brown and white trade dress.
June 09, 2014
Chocolate giant The Hershey Co. hit Maryland state lawmaker Steve S. Hershey with an infringement lawsuit Friday, not over the use of their shared name but rather the use of it on political signs that look like the candy maker's famous brown and white trade dress.