By:Michael DeMas
Source:http://www.bizjournals.com
Price Chopper is suing ShopRite in federal court in Albany, New York, claiming trademark infringement on the Internet.
Price Chopper’s corporate owner, The Golub Corp. in Schenectady, claims the owner of ShopRite, Wakefern Corp. in New Jersey, bought keywords on Internet search engines so that ads for ShopRite showed up first when people typed in “Price Chopper ad” or “Price Chopper flyer.”
The lawsuit includes exhibits showing alleged examples of the infringement when someone did a search on Google , Yahoo! and Bing.
The Golub Corp. is seeking a court injunction and unspecified damages.
A spokeswoman for ShopRite, Karen Meleta, declined comment because she said company has not yet been served with the lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed Oct. 20, nearly three weeks after ShopRite opened a store in Niskayuna, just a few miles away from The Golub Corp. headquarters.
It’s the first ShopRite to open in the area in at least 20 years.
ShopRite intends to open at least three more stores in the region, intensifying the competition for Price Chopper, the dominant grocery chain with $2.1 billion in Albany metro area sales during the 12-month period that ended in April.
Total sales last year for Golub Corp. were $3.45 billion at 128 stores in the Northeast.
Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2011/10/24/price-chopper-sues-shoprite-over.html
Source:http://www.bizjournals.com
Price Chopper is suing ShopRite in federal court in Albany, New York, claiming trademark infringement on the Internet.
Price Chopper’s corporate owner, The Golub Corp. in Schenectady, claims the owner of ShopRite, Wakefern Corp. in New Jersey, bought keywords on Internet search engines so that ads for ShopRite showed up first when people typed in “Price Chopper ad” or “Price Chopper flyer.”
The lawsuit includes exhibits showing alleged examples of the infringement when someone did a search on Google , Yahoo! and Bing.
The Golub Corp. is seeking a court injunction and unspecified damages.
A spokeswoman for ShopRite, Karen Meleta, declined comment because she said company has not yet been served with the lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed Oct. 20, nearly three weeks after ShopRite opened a store in Niskayuna, just a few miles away from The Golub Corp. headquarters.
It’s the first ShopRite to open in the area in at least 20 years.
ShopRite intends to open at least three more stores in the region, intensifying the competition for Price Chopper, the dominant grocery chain with $2.1 billion in Albany metro area sales during the 12-month period that ended in April.
Total sales last year for Golub Corp. were $3.45 billion at 128 stores in the Northeast.
Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2011/10/24/price-chopper-sues-shoprite-over.html
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