Trader Joes Company v. Trader Joes United

  1. May 01, 2024

    Trader Joe's Must Pay Fees To Union After 'Meritless' TM Suit

    A California federal judge ordered Trader Joe's to pay $112,622 in attorney fees to a union of its employees in a suit alleging the union's logo infringes the grocer's name and trademarks, saying Trader Joe's claim that the suit is unrelated to a labor dispute "cannot be taken seriously."

  2. January 16, 2024

    Trader Joe's Trademark Suit Against Union Tossed

    A California federal judge has thrown out Trader Joe's trademark infringement suit against a union of its employees after finding that the complaint was clearly related to an already existing labor dispute between the popular grocery chain and its unionizing workers.

  3. January 01, 2024

    Retail Cases To Watch In 2024

    A wide variety of cases are likely to keep retail industry attorneys busy in 2024, including high-profile antitrust actions against Amazon and Google, a growing number of greenwashing disputes, and skirmishes between major retailers and their increasingly unionized workforces.

  4. January 01, 2024

    Food & Beverage Cases To Watch In 2024

    Food and beverage attorneys have no shortage of interesting litigation to follow in 2024, from Starbucks' sprawling fight with employees who are determined to organize, to claims over heavy metals and "forever chemicals" contaminating food, and McDonald's asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the issue of no-poach clauses in franchisee agreements.

  5. November 09, 2023

    'I Don't See It': Judge Questions Trader Joe's Union Logo Suit

    A skeptical California federal judge on Thursday appeared open to dismissing a trademark infringement suit brought by Trader Joe's against the Trader Joe's United union, saying he "has a hard time thinking that this is a true, good faith commercial dispute."

  6. August 21, 2023

    Union Says Trader Joe's TM Suit Over Logo Is Retaliatory

    Trader Joe's United told a California federal judge Monday that the grocery chain brought its suit claiming trademark infringement over the union's logo in retaliation for the organizing drive, arguing it is unlikely that customers will be confused.

  7. July 14, 2023

    Trader Joe's Says Union Logo Violated Trademark Law

    An independent union is using a logo that infringes Trader Joe's trademark, the grocery chain alleged in California federal court, arguing that customers may become confused with the similarities and that the company has incurred monetary damages.