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Frito-Lay North America, Inc.

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 2001–2025

Frito-Lay North America, Inc. has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (2001–2025): 2 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 125 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 71% of merits decisions).

Data summary based on public records (USPTO TTAB proceedings and PACER/CourtListener federal court dockets). Figures reflect filings on record, not a characterization of the merits or good faith of any individual action. Not legal advice.

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Federal court filings

0
Schedule-A cases
naming online sellers as defendants
2
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
0
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

117
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
8
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
57
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
23
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
45
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 71% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs Frito-Lay North America, Inc. has opposed

Real trademark applications Frito-Lay North America, Inc. challenged at the USPTO — the kind of design that draws an opposition. If your artwork looks like one of these, expect pushback. Each links to its USPTO docket.

Source: USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board records. “Prevailed” means Frito-Lay North America, Inc. got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits. Images from public USPTO records.

Marks Frito-Lay North America, Inc. has asserted in proceedings

CHEETOS
CHEETOS
asserted in 12 proceedings
FRITOS
FRITOS
asserted in 12 proceedings
CHEETOS
CHEETOS
asserted in 10 proceedings
TOSTITOS
TOSTITOS
asserted in 10 proceedings
CHEETOS
CHEETOS
asserted in 9 proceedings
TOSTITOS
TOSTITOS
asserted in 7 proceedings
TOSTITOS
TOSTITOS
asserted in 7 proceedings
TOSTITOS
TOSTITOS
asserted in 6 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
CHEE.TOStext7210743217
TOSTITOStext7315407915
DORITOStext7219854512
CHEETOS7638602812
CHEETOStext7841992512
FRITOS7153049112
CHEETOStext7701329811
CHEETOS7638604410
TOSTITOS7638318810
CHEETOS763860959
FRITO-LAYtext722578489
FRITOStext720654898
TOSTITOStext732702618
TOSTITOS784009757
TOSTITOStext757232007
TOSTITOS784009937
FRITOS CHILI PIEtext756918856
BAKED TOSTITOStext753715496
TOSTITOS858089096
LAY'S758067886
FRITOS763024486
LAY'S750770266
DORITOStext741771076
TOSTITOStext736996565
LAY'Stext721409385
FRITOS BRAND785012495
FRITOS FLAVOR TWISTStext763000545
FRITO LAY758373825
CHEETOStext781894685
FRITO LAY758232345
TOSTITOS858087875
CRACKER JACK712033585
CHEETOS POPCORN868009665
LAY'S LIGHT784547625
TOSTITOS CANTINAtext860614954
LAY'S770766104
LAY'S786772094
LAY'S786781304
LAY'S770835214
MUNCHIES866410834
FRITO-LAY MUNCHIEStext781894894
TOSTITOS. SHARE SOMETHING GOOD.text789773514
TOSTITOS KNOWS HOW TO PARTYtext854337574
TOSTITOS KNEAUXS HOW TO MARDI GRAStext862120324
CHEETOS TWISTEDtext764283344
LAY'Stext786770804
ROLD GOLDtext765212834
ROLD GOLD743185914
ROLD GOLD PRETZELS BRAND864456764
CRACKER JACKtext764431774
CRACKER JACKtext754801344
MUNCHIES850329264
LAY'S STAXtext757722534
MUNCHIES873227874
TOSTITOS BRING THE PARTY.text861004184
CHESTER CHEETAHtext736156363
LAY'S GET YOUR SMILE ON!785649223
CHEETOS X'S & O'S758086653
CHEETOS X'S & O'Stext757579283
LAY'S TASTES OF AMERICA763628253

From public USPTO records. A mark is listed when it appears as a senior asserted mark in TTAB or federal-court proceedings on file. Serial links open the USPTO TSDR record.

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Data sources: publicly published USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings (1951–2026, with possible gaps before electronic filing) and U.S. federal court dockets (PACER/CourtListener, nature-of-suit codes 840 and 820). Figures reflect filings on record and do not characterize the merits, validity, or legitimacy of any individual action by Frito-Lay North America, Inc.. Trademark holders have legal rights — and in some doctrines, an obligation — to enforce registered marks. This page does not provide legal advice; consult licensed counsel for case-specific questions. See the full leaderboard.