The Pittsburgh Gazette reports on a lawsuit initiated by Leslie Friend, owner of a design patent for a pretzel shaped like a peace sign . The suit names Keystone Pretzels and Laurel Hill Foods as defendants,…
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…
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…
Wendy’s International Inc. has filed a trademark suit against the United Dairy Farmers, Inc. in the Southern District in connection with its FROSTY trademark. In the lawsuit, Wendy’s alleges that, “In an…
Last September I reported on the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s rulings against Innovation Ventures, LLC regarding a trademark and false advertising dispute involving its 5-Hour Energy product and a…
In a long-running dispute between Innovation Ventures LLC, the maker of “5-Hour ENERGY” products, and NVE Inc ., the maker of a competing “6 Hour POWER” product, the Sixth Circuit reversed a district court’s…
According to the New York Times , the USDA has approved a non-GMO label claim “that meat certified by the Non-GMO Project came from animals that never ate feed containing genetically engineered ingredients…
Magic Hat Brewing Co. has filed suit against West Sixth Brewing Company for trademark infringement based on contention that it is using a logo that is confusingly similar to Magic Hat’s #9 trademarks. A…