A California woman who runs a garage business producing clothes for nursing mothers is fighting a legal challenge to her company's name, Milkdudz.

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Hershey Co., the chocolate empire, has warned Kiersten Wall that the name tramples its trademarked Milk Duds, the chocolate-covered caramels. The letter came with a 5-pound candy bar, but when Wall continued to use the name Hershey took the gloves off, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Wall received a notice last week from the U.S. Office of Patent and Trademark Protection that Hershey has filed a protest against her company name.

Wall said she does not believe she is causing a problem. But she also said she does not have the resources for a long legal battle against a company with billion-dollar revenues, although she plans to fight as long as she can.

"Our products would never be in the same place at the same time," she said.