Peanut Butter Jar Battle

Another one in what should probably become our Iron Chef  TM battle series !

Australian law firm Williams & Hughes write for Mondaq………

The Federal Court recently handed down judgment in a dispute between Bega Cheese Limited and Kraft Foods Group over the appearance of product packaging (trade dress, also known as “get up”) and copyright in a “peanut butter jar with a yellow lid and a yellow label with a blue or red peanut device” (Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC v Bega Cheese Limited (No 8) [2019] FCA 593).

The background to the dispute is complicated and involved various restructurings, licence agreements and assignments between the parties. In 2017 Bega bought the peanut butter business and associated assets and goodwill from Mondelez Australia (Foods) Ltd, a subsidiary within the global Kraft Foods group.

Read on at  http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=838054&email_access=on