Legal Opinion
Societe De Developments Et D'Innovations Des Marches Agricolesimentaires-SODIMA-Union De Cooperatives Agricoles v. International Yogurt Co.
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided June 15, 1987No. Civ. 86-706-PAPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PANNER, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs SODIMA, General Mills Products Corp. (General Mills), and Yoplait USA, Inc. bring this action for infringement of their federally registered trademarks YOPLAIT and YOCREME. Defendants International Yogurt, Inc. and Global Gourmet, Inc. have been using the name YOCREAM and 800-YO CREAM. They deny any likelihood of confusion between YOPLAIT and YOCREAM, challenge plaintiffs’ YOCREME mark as void, and counterclaim for infringement of their common law trademarks YOCREAM and 800-YO CREAM. The parties agree that YOCREME and YOCREAM are confusingly similar. The…
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