A Dallas jury found against Frito-Lay in the company’s lawsuit against a competitor who made bowl-shaped chips similar to Frito-Lay’s Tostitos Scoops. <\/p>\n
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court against Ralcorp Holdings and its subsidiary Medallion Foods. Ralcorp makes private-label products that carry the name of the store where they are sold. Ralcorp’s Cupz brand chips are sold in Kroger stores and its Bowlz brand is carried by Wal-Mart. Both brands of chips are bowl-shaped for easier dipping, similar to Tostitos Scoops.<\/p>\n
Frito-Lay, owned by PepsiCo, argued that the Ralcorp chips were too similar to its own chips in design and manufacture, and infringed on the company’s intellectual property. The plaintiff sought $4.5 million in damages and a court order prohibiting the defendants from manufacturing their chips. According to Frito-Lay, the Scoops brand was introduced in 2001 and generates tens of millions of dollars in (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Dallas jury found against Frito-Lay in the company’s lawsuit against a competitor who made bowl-shaped chips similar to Frito-Lay’s Tostitos Scoops. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court against Ralcorp Holdings and its subsidiary Medallion Foods. Ralcorp makes…<\/span><\/p>\n