⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

General Mills, Inc.

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1967–2022

General Mills, Inc. has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1967–2022): 10 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 160 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 85% 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
10
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
0
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

132
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
28
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
103
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
18
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
38
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 85% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs General Mills, Inc. has opposed

Real trademark applications General Mills, 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 “Prevailed” means General Mills, Inc. got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits. Images from public USPTO records.

Marks General Mills, Inc. has asserted in proceedings

BETTY CROCKER
BETTY CROCKER
asserted in 6 proceedings
BETTY CROCKER
BETTY CROCKER
asserted in 5 proceedings
BETTY CROCKER
BETTY CROCKER
asserted in 5 proceedings
BETTY CROCKER
BETTY CROCKER
asserted in 5 proceedings
BETTY CROCKER
BETTY CROCKER
asserted in 4 proceedings
BETTY CROCKER
BETTY CROCKER
asserted in 4 proceedings
BETTY CROCKER
BETTY CROCKER
asserted in 4 proceedings
BETTY CROCKER
BETTY CROCKER
asserted in 4 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
TOTALtext7211522943
TOTALtext7356341213
TOTALtext7315713812
BETTY CROCKER716957226
BETTY CROCKERtext732516896
THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONStext713799285
BETTY CROCKER759412215
BETTY CROCKERtext740924245
BETTY CROCKER732516905
BETTY CROCKER734487385
BETTY CROCKERtext721875775
BETTY CROCKERtext720980825
BETTY CROCKERtext734487374
BETTY CROCKER737178834
BETTY CROCKERtext737179694
BETTY CROCKER789514684
BETTY CROCKER742683244
BETTY CROCKER746099144
BETTY CROCKER715746164
NATURE VALLEYtext724353013
THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONStext755705243
BETTY CROCKERtext746099323
DAVID CRYSTAL715871823
NATURE VALLEYtext730740843
BETTY CROCKERtext742683223
BETTY'S KITCHENtext780186593
BISQUICK713175412
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONStext743070502
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONStext743070272
UNYUMStext722308182
GRAHAM CHARGERStext722668272
GELOOZEtext744512042
FIBER ONEtext735062232
WHEATIEStext712063362
(design-only mark)745392182
COCOA PUFFStext723516992
BETTY CROCKER COMPLETE MEALStext781384142
NATURE VALLEY733297392
GUSHERStext740645242
(design-only mark)789514761
(design-only mark)789514261
BETTY CROCKER738257371
BETTY CROCKER722910031
BETTY CROCKER789514741
BETTY CROCKER COMPLETE DESSERTStext782490921
BETTY CROCKER735896621
BETTY CROCKER733583351
BETTY CROCKER724353021
BISQUICKtext730155711
BETTY CROCKER740207841
BETTY CROCKER742448551
SILKEN WONDERtext733314511
BAC-OStext746584781
MOUNTAIN MAID712070081
BASIC 4text740726911
BETTY CROCKER742076861
(design-only mark)text723316911
INNER VISIONS BY SHIP'N SHORE730183571
ROBIN HOODtext733633121
HONEY GOLDtext741184801

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 General Mills, 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.