Last week, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup dismissed with prejudice a putative class action complaint against Mondeléz International Inc., d/b/a Nabisco. The Complaint alleged that the plaintiff…
With my trial over, I can again focus on this blog. Sorry for the lack of recent updates. Some interesting news in the putative class action lawsuit in which Gruma Corporation is charged with falsely and…
Last month I wrote about the Court’s preliminary ruling in the class action lawsuit targeting Gruma Corporation with respect to labeling its Mission® tortilla chips as “All Natural” despite the presumable…
I have written before about Jack Daniel’s efforts to protect the iconic design of the label and bottle for its Tennessee Whiskey. Now, Jack Daniel’s has filed suit against J&M Concepts, LLC and Popcorn Sutton…
The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (“ILR,” an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce) has released a new report called The New Lawsuit Ecosystem: Trends, Targets and Players that includes a section…
As previously reported on this blog , Kraft Foods filed suit against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (“CBOCS”) on January 31, 2013 in light of the latter’s plan to use the CRACKER BARREL trademark on…
This past August, I was quoted on Forbes.com in an article on a grocery store in Vancouver called “Pirate Joe’s” that is based entirely on selling Trader Joe’s private label foodstuffs in Canada where there…