Chobani, LLC v. Dannon Co.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER

DAVID N. HURD, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a dispute between Chobani, LLC (“Chobani”) and The Dannon Company, Inc. (“Dannon”), direct competitors in the yogurt market, over what constitutes fair play in advertising. Chobani initially filed this action pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-02, seeking a determination that it had not made any false, misleading, disparaging, or deceptive statements or claims, as those terms are defined in the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), in its recently launched online, print, and…