Wicked Good Charcoal in Kennebunk sues New Jersey company over trademark
A Kennebunk-based charcoal maker, Wicked Good Charcoal Inc., has sued a New Jersey company for allegedly stealing customers by using its trademark.
The Bangor Daily News reported that the Kennebunk company filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court earlier this week against New Jersey-based The Ranch-T LLC. The complaint alleges that the two companies reached a settlement earlier this year over The Ranch-T’s sale of “Wicked Good Blend” charcoal. The Kennebunk company claims that The Ranch-T has since violated that agreement, continuing to sell charcoal using that name.
According to the complaint, Wicked Good has lost a major distributor to The Ranch-T because the distributor was attracted to the lower cost and larger supply of The Ranch-T’s “ knockoff products.” The Kennebunk company says it’s lost $160,000 in business as a result of losing the distributor.
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