Just in time for summer! (Summer in Seattle doesn’t start until July 4.)
On June 20, Virginia-based The Skinny Dip, Inc., filed suit against Mill Creek, Wash.-based Skinny Dip Yogurt, LLC.
Plaintiff claims both parties own self-service frozen yogurt bars and defendant’s trademark infringes plaintiff’s federal registration for THE SKINNY DIP FROZEN YOGURT BAR and design.
Plaintiff claims a first-use date of May 2008. It does not allege when defendant started using its mark.
Defendant has not yet answered plaintiff’s complaint.
The case cite is The Skinny Dip, Inc. v. Skinny Dip Yogurt, LLC, No. 11-1032 (W.D. Wash.).