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Trader Joe’s vs. Pirate Joe’s: Lawsuit Over Knockoff Store Is Revived

A U.S. court has the authority to hear a trademark lawsuit by grocery chain Trader Joe’s against a man who purchased the company’s products and resold them in Canada at Pirate Joe’s, a store designed to mimic a real Trader Joe’s, a federal appeals court said Friday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district court’s decision to dismiss California-based …