Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Kosher Certification Agency Sues Airline For Unauthorized Use Of Trademarked Symbol

Suit was filed last week in a New Jersey federal district court by Kof-K, a kosher certification agency, against JetBlue Airways claiming that the airline used the agency's certification symbol without authorization on a pre-packaged in-flight artichoke snack.  The complaint (full text) in Kosher Supervision Service, Inc. v. JetBlue Airways Corp., (D NJ, filed 6/23/2022), alleges trademark infringement and other trademark violations,  unfair competition and consumer fraud. As reported by The Observer, Kof-K does not contend that the snack was not kosher. It merely contends that it had not certified it as such.