Dive Summary:
- Unilever's Ben & Jerry's ice cream brand won its battle to keep porn DVDs and other products spoofing its offerings off of store shelves, thanks to a settlement deal announced Tuesday.
- B&J's filed its lawsuit against Caballero Video, which also known as Rodax Distributors Inc., last September, seeking to block distribution of a series of adult films called "Ben & Cherry's."
- As a result of the deal, Cabellero will also not be able to use packaging that parodied B&J's designs with grazing cows and the phrase "Porno's Finest" used in place of "Vermont's Finest" (which usually appears on B&J's products).
From the article:
... It calls for Caballero to stop selling a variety of products including its "Ben & Cherry's" film series, which included 10 titles such as "Boston Cream Thighs," "Chocolate Fudge Babes" and "Peanut Butter D-Cups."
Ben & Jerry's had claimed that such titles were too similar to its ice cream flavors such as Boston Cream Pie, Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Peanut Butter Cup. ...