Category: Issue 541
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Court Says Texas Can Intervene in Lawsuit over “Alamo” Trademark
Adopting a magistrate judge’s recommendation, a Texas federal court has ruled that Texas can intervene in a lawsuit brought by brewer Alamo Beer Co. alleging that Old 300 Brewing infringed Alamo Beer’s trademark for using the silhouette of the Alamo building on its labels. Alamo Beer Co. LLC v. Old 300 Brewing LLC, No. 14-285 (W.D. Tex.,…
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Claims Trimmed in Mott’s “No Sugar Added” Putative Class Action
A California federal court has granted in part and denied in part a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging that Mott’s violated the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) and California’s Sherman Law standards on the use of “no sugar added” on food packaging. Rahman v. Mott’s LLP, No. 13-3482 (N.D. Cal., order…
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Gerber Probiotics False Advertising Putative Class Action Can Continue
A New Jersey federal court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Gerber falsely advertises some of its products as providing immune system boosts and as being nearly equal to breast milk. In re Gerber Probiotics Sales Practices Litig., No. 12-835 (D.N.J., order entered October 6, 2014). The plaintiffs alleged that Gerber misleadingly advertised three…
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WTO Rejects Indian Restrictions on U.S. Poultry Imports
A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel has found that a series of food safety restrictions imposed by the Indian government on imports of U.S. poultry products was based on the inaccurate proposition that U.S. poultry was more likely to carry bird flu. India failed to distinguish between high-pathogenic bird flu that had not…