Smucker’s and Trader Joe’s are currently embroiled in a legal dispute concerning packaged peanut butter and jelly snacks.
On Oct. 13, the Ohio-based J.M. Smucker Company filed a lawsuit against Trader Joe’s, alleging that the latter’s crustless peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches are an “obvious copycat” of the former’s frozen crustless sandwiches, dubbed Uncrustables.
According to the lawsuit filing obtained by TODAY, Smucker’s sued the California-headquartered grocer in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on five counts: trademark infringement, trademark dilution, unfair competition, false designation of origin and deceptive trade practices.
Smucker’s specifically takes issue with the shape of the snacks sold by Trader Joe’s, claiming that they mimic the