Legal Battles and Aftermath
In the spring of 1925, Burt became aware of the growing popularity of other frozen confections on a stick. That summer, Good Humor filed suit against the Citrus Products Company and Popsicle Corporation. Negotiations with the Citrus Products Company to secure a license from Good Humor broke down, and Good Humor voluntarily dismissed its suit in 1926, over the opposition of Citrus, who wanted the case to continue to determine the validity and scope of the Good Humor patent.
Burt's widow sold the rights to the Good Humor brand some time after her husband's death in 1926. In 2006, the building in downtown Youngstown where Burt created the Good Humor Bar was honored in Parade magazine as one of the places that helped shape America's history and culture.
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