{"id":97831,"date":"2022-09-01T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=97831"},"modified":"2022-08-23T11:13:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T09:13:01","slug":"01-00-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=97831","title":{"rendered":"Ben & Jerry\u2019s Loses Bid to Halt Sales In West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Ben & Jerry\u2019s Loses Bid to Halt Sales In West Bank<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Reuters<\/strong> and <\/span>Algemeiner Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A Ben & Jerry\u2019s ice-cream delivery truck is seen at their factory in Be\u2019er Tuvia, Israel July 20, 2021. REUTERS\/Ronen Zvulun<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A US judge on Monday rejected Ben & Jerry\u2019s attempt to stop its parent\u00a0Unilever\u00a0<\/span>Plc from allowing its ice cream to be sold in the West Bank, which Ben & Jerry\u2019s said undermined its values.<\/span><\/p>\n

US District Judge Andrew Carter in Manhattan said Ben & Jerry\u2019s did not deserve an injunction to halt ice cream sales and marketing because it did not show it would suffer irreparable harm, or that customers would be confused<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben & Jerry\u2019s sued\u00a0Unilever\u00a0<\/span>on July 5, saying the sale of its Israeli business to local licensee Avi Zinger violated the agreement under which\u00a0Unilever\u00a0<\/span>bought the Burlington, Vermont-based company in 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sale came nearly a year after Ben & Jerry\u2019s decided to end sales in the West Bank, saying it was \u201cinconsistent\u201d with the values and social mission it retained the right to promote.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unilever\u00a0<\/span>countered that Ben & Jerry\u2019s had no power to stop the sale of the Israeli business, and the sale could not be undone because it had closed in late June.<\/span><\/p>\n

The unusual dispute has shone a spotlight on\u00a0Unilever<\/span>\u2018s goal of giving its more than 400 brands social missions and purpose<\/span><\/p>\n

Carter rejected as \u201ctoo speculative\u201d the idea that customers would be confused if Zinger offered new products conveying a message that might conflict with Ben & Jerry\u2019s own.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBen & Jerry\u2019s has offered no evidence of such confusion or the impact of the alleged confusion,\u201d Carter wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

The judge noted that products sold in the West Bank would use Hebrew and Arabic trademarks, not English language trademarks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ben & Jerry\u2019s and\u00a0Unilever\u00a0<\/span>did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unilever<\/span>\u2018s brands also include Dove soap, Hellmann\u2019s mayonnaise and Vaseline skin lotion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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