Who Got The Work

Attorneys from Foley & Lardner; Izard, Kindall & Raabe; and Hunton Andrews Kurth have stepped in to represent Albertsons, Stop & Shop and other retailers, respectively, in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit was filed Dec. 1 in Connecticut District Court by Gilbride Tusa Last & Spellane on behalf of This LLC, which sells wooden marshmallow roasting skewers using the brand name 'Smorstix' and the slogan 'The Perfect Marshmallow Roasting Stix.' The suit accuses the defendants of selling competing skewers using the confusingly similar brand name 'Mallosticks' and the nearly identical slogan 'The Perfect Marshmallow Roasting Stick.' The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala, is 3:23-cv-01579, This, LLC v. HolaBelle, Inc. et al.

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

December 22, 2023, 8:06 AM

Plaintiffs

• This, LLC

Plaintiffs

• Gilbride Tusa Last Spellane

defendants

• Albertsons Companies, Inc.
• Safeway, Inc.
• The Vons Companies, Inc.
• Vons Companies, Inc.
• ABC Corporations
• ABC Corporations 1-25
• Ahold Delhaize USA, Inc.
• Balducci's Food Lover's Market
• HolaBelle, Inc.
• John Does
• John Does 1-10
• Kings Food Markets
• Stop & Shop Supermarket Co LLC
• Todd Glonek
• Ya Lan Yang

defendant counsels

• Izard Kindall & Raabe
• Hunton Andrews Kurth
• Izard, Kindall & Raabe LLP
• Foley & Lardner
• Kevin E. Dehghani, Attorney At Law
• Ahmadshahi Law Offices

nature of claim: 840/over trademark claims