Posted on 08/17/2021 11:08:08 AM PDT by SJackson
The owner of Ben & Jerry’s is angling to block an Israeli ice-cream distributor from knocking off its brand in the West Bank — the latest back-and-forth since the company’s controversial move last month to withdraw from the region, The Post has learned.
London-based Unilever — whose Ben & Jerry’s subsidiary announced on July 19 it would stop selling ice cream in “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” saying it’s “inconsistent with our values” — is now threatening legal action against a group that said it plans to roll out “Judea and Samaria’s Ben & Jerry’s” ice cream to the West Bank.
A legal gambit to move in on the Chunky Monkey maker’s business was devised by the Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center, a Zionist advocacy group that claimed Ben & Jerry’s plan to stop selling ice cream in the region amounted to “abandonment” of its trademark there.
Proposed packaging for the ersatz frozen snacks includes the familiar Ben & Jerry’s logo, with the same cow grazing in a pasture under a blue, cloud-dotted sky. It also, however, prominently features a portrait of Theodor Herzl, the bushy-bearded founder of the modern Zionist movement, with the slogan “Frozen Chosen People.”
“Your allegation that Unilever has in any manner abandoned its trademark rights for Ben & Jerry’s is flawed on multiple grounds,” Unilever’s general counsel, Natalia Cavaliere, wrote in an Aug. 12 letter to the legal advocacy group, a copy of which was obtained by The Post.
“Ben & Jerry’s intends to continue to distribute and sell its products in all of Israel, except for the small geographic region of the West Bank and East Jerusalem,” the letter added, noting that Unliever considers any use of its trade name a “violation of our intellectual property rights.”
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Just call it “Benjamin & Jeremiah”.
That was my first thought!
This is a stark remember that neither Connecticut (B&J) nor England (Unilever parent company) were deNazified.
Clever move. I have no idea what trademark laws are in Israel, or what the letter of international treaties say about it, but this little company got more free publicity than they could possibly buy.
If you’re not selling there, there’s no infringement.
One way to prevent a knock off competitor is to NOT publish a recipe book of how to make your ice cream flavors
Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/0894803123/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_V95ED98BWECB69BHYGFW?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
This is even better than the "Nolex" watches and the "Ommy Hilfiger" merchandise I used to see street merchants peddling in New York City.
Joe Biden’s new favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor is Woke Milley Vanilli
If they’re not in the same market, how are they being harmed? Trademark/copyright suits usually allege injury from the sales lost to the copycat.
I hate Illinois Nazis.
Can’t they just nationalize this company, and be done with it?
They want communism. I say let them have it.
“This is even better than the “Nolex” watches and the “Ommy Hilfiger” merchandise I used to see street merchants peddling in New York City.”
I once saw a “Rolecks” at one of those street merchant stands.
As a songwriter, I am a great believer in copyright law, but my love of Israel and my loathing of left-wing antisemitism supersedes my devotion to the protection of intellectual property in this case.
Go Benjamin & Jeremiah!
here are some Flavor Ideas:
Rocky Red Sea Road
Mount Caramel
Reuben’s Raspberry
Methuselah’s Mocha
Beersheba Cream Pie
Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm
Too damned funny. Is that Theodore Hertzel on the package?
New flavors: Jeremiah Bullfrog. For good friends of yours.
12 Brothers. For family reunions.
Judean Hills. Rocky Roads for that pioneering sprit.
A friend of mine once bought an Onega for $20 in Mexico, lasted about 2 weeks. The watch repair guy said he should have bought a Timex.
sorry. Vermont
sorry sorry
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