2022年6月22日

新您可以收聽保險期刊文章！一名聯邦法官裁定乳業皇後不能停止W.B.梅森公司（Mason Co）出售“暴風雪”瓶裝泉水，同名沃倫·巴菲特（Warren Buffett）的伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司（Berkshire Hathaway Inc.）Brka.n用於流行的冰淇淋產品。美國地方法院法官蘇珊·理查德·尼爾森（Susan Richard Nelson）在周五公開了217頁的決定中，發現缺乏證據表明消費者被暴風雪或W.B.混淆了。梅森（Mason）是辦公產品分銷商，旨在使任何人混淆。奶牛皇後（Dairy Queen）於1946年開始使用暴風雪名稱，並擁有五個暴風雪商標。同時承認W.B.梅森（Mason）有兩個用於暴雪的商標，不是競爭對手。But the judge said the products had “very different audience appeal,” and co-existed for 11 years despite evidence that Dairy Queen’s Blizzard had achieved “iconic” status, with U.S. sales reaching $1.1 billion in 2020. “Dairy Queen introduced no evidence of an actual association between the two products,” Nelson wrote. “If association were to occur, in all likelihood, it would have occurred by now.” The St. Paul, Minnesota-based judge ruled after a 12-day non-jury trial with 30 witnesses last fall. Her decision is dated June 10 but was sealed for one week. The lawsuit began in March 2018.