BERLIN (AP) — Germany's iconic gummy bear has won a sweet legal victory over a foil-wrapped Swiss chocolate teddy. Cologne's regional court ruled in favor of Germany's Haribo GmbH on Tuesday ...

Gummy bears give us so many reasons to smile. The eye-catching colors, the delicious flavors, and the cute teddy bear shape -- there is plenty to love about these tasty little treats. And like all ...

BERLIN – Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Spruengli AG has won the latest round in its battle of the bears against Germany's Haribo GmbH. A Cologne appeals court ruled Friday that the Swiss company's ...

If this arguing over chocolate versus gummy ursine candy sounds like a waste of the legal system’s time, a federal judge in Germany pretty much agreed, calling Lindt’s bears “neither a ...

The gold gummy bear made by Haribo (R) and a foil-wrapped chocolate "Teddy" (L). Haribo lost a long-running battle against Lindt when a German federal court ruled that the chocolate teddy bears ...

The company also makes a broad selection of other gummy treats, from liquorice to fizzy cola to sour cherries. But none have the cultural pull — or, arguably, cuteness — of the bite-sized bears.

Gummy mania even infiltrated our media. In 1985, Adventures of the Gummi Bears premiered on NBC. The cartoon series marked the end of Disney’s longstanding policy of staying out of animated ...

BERLIN Germany's iconic gummy bear has won a sweet legal victory over a foil-wrapped Swiss chocolate teddy. Cologne's regional court ruled in favor of Germany's Haribo GmbH on Tuesday, saying that ...