May 9, 2018

Ice Cream Brain Freeze

On May 9, 2018, Josh Berger brought a class action suit against Eden Creamery, complaining that the packaging of its Halo Top ice cream is misleading because the product is actually light ice cream.

Halo Top | Intellectual Property Law Firm | Harness IP

The Complaint, with reasoning surpassed only by Sir Vladimir’s detection of witches,

Sir Vladimir | Intellectual Property Law Firm | Harness IP

is that Halo-Top means creamy: 

Halo Top 2 | Intellectual Property Law Firm | Harness IP

Rather than parse the trademark for clues about the product (after all trademarks are not supposed to be descriptive), Mr. Berger could have saved himself, Eden Creamery, and the Federal Courts a lot of time and effort, by simply referencing the giant “280 Calories Per Pint” logo, which might have told him all he needed to know about the product.