The J.M. Smucker Co. has filed a lawsuit against Trader Joe’s, claiming the grocer’s new round, crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwiches too closely resemble their own popular Uncrustables product.

The lawsuit, which was filed Monday in federal court in Ohio, noted that Trader Joe’s sandwiches have the same pie-like crimp markings and a similar packaging design — so similar that it violates trademarks.

Trader Joe’s boxes also show a sandwich with a bite mark taken out of it, which is similar to the Uncrustables design, the lawsuit noted.

“Smucker does not take issue with others in the marketplace selling prepackaged, frozen, thaw-and-eat crustless sandwiches. But it cannot allow others to use Smucker’s valuable intellectual property to make such sales,” the company said in its filin

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