If you were lucky enough to indulge in a Unicorn Frappuccino from Starbucks back in April, congratulations. You consumed the world’s most well-known (and sweetest) unicorn drink on the market. But it’s apparently not the only one according to a new lawsuit by The End Brooklyn, a coffee bar in New York that has sold its own “unicorn” latte since December.
A small New York City cafe is taking on coffee giant Starbucks in a legal war of the unicorns. The End Brooklyn in a new lawsuit accuses Starbucks of trademark infringement, arguing that the color-changing “Unicorn Frappuccino” recently introduced by the Seattle chain overshadows the smaller company’s health-conscious “Unicorn Latte.” The End started selling the Unicorn Latte in December, and has had a trademark application for the drink name pending since January, the company said in a Brooklyn federal court complaint filed Wednesday. Starbucks launched the Unicorn Frappuccino in April as a limited-run item. The sweet offering quickly …
Caffeine is a stimulant, cannabis is a psychoactive drug—and Starbucks doesn’t want anyone to confuse its product with something that promotes a mostly-illegal substance. According to Law360 , a U.S. District Court judge in New York has ordered an Oregon artist named James Landgraf to repay Starbucks $410,800 — $300,000 for copyright infringement, $99,000 for trademark infringement and $11,580 …
Starbucks’ latest court battle involves an unlikely subject: bongs. The coffee giant has prevailed in a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit involving a line of bongs (err, “water pipes”) mimicking Starbucks Frappuccino cups. Bearing the name “Dabuccino,” the glass vessels feature a mouthpiece that resembles the company’s signature green straws and a logo that looks just like the …
While dismissing a proposed class action lawsuit against Starbucks for allegedly cheating customers out of a few precious ounces of cold drinks by adding ice, a federal judged mocked the plaintiffs for their apparent lack of common sense. The lawsuit claims Starbucks “systematically defrauds its customers” by adding ice to cold drinks, which means there’s less space for the liquid. To make …
Starbucks’ legal department ought to be sipping celebratory Frappuccinos right now, because a proposed class-action lawsuit against the coffee giant was just dismissed. Filed back in May in California federal court, the suit alleged Starbucks misrepresents the size of its iced beverages: While the menu advertises a tall as 12 ounces and a grande as 16 ounces, et al, the plaintiffs said that …
A judge has ruled that the plaintiffs may seek damages. The coffee chain is facing numerous accusations of short-changing customers by underfilling its lattes. Starbucks is facing a class action lawsuit…
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is being sued by an Illinois woman who claims that the coffee chain “underfills” its iced beverages. The complainant states that a venti cold drink only contains 14 ounces of a beverage, and only reaches the advertised 24 ounces after ice is added. If the complaint is approved as a class action suit, Starbucks could be sued for over $5 million on behalf of everyone in …
Starbucks’ lawyers are working overtime these days: Back in March the coffee giant was sued for selling “underfilled” lattes, and now a copycat lawsuit has been filed claiming the company is ripping off customers who purchase iced drinks. The class-action suit “claims Starbucks’ cold drinks are almost half ice and the coffee chain misrepresents the fluid ounces of its popular, and profitable, …
Thanks a latte! Woman sues Starbucks for $5 million for putting too much ice in her drinks Published: 15:41 EST, 30 April 2016 | Updated: 16:16 EST, 30 April 2016 3.2kshares Starbucks is too icy with its customers, says a woman who is suing the coffee chain for putting too many frozen cubes in its iced drinks. Lead plaintiff Stacy Pincus has filed a $5million class action lawsuit against …