2909: Baby Ruth and Babe Ruth Dec 8, 2024

You might think the baseball player, Babe Ruth would have sued the makers of the chocolate bar, Baby Ruth, but it was the candy bar company that took legal action against the baseball legend. The bar’s origins are steeped in controversy, with its creators claiming the candy was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland, despite her passing decades earlier, and likewise the president’s no longer being in office almost 25 years. Babe Ruth, suspecting otherwise, attempted to launch his own candy bar, sparking a lawsuit from the Baby Ruth company. The candy makers argued that their product had no connection to the famed slugger and successfully blocked his venture. Modern companies clamber for endorsements from sports players, but this went, at least in the eyes of the law, went in the opposite direction.