⚖️ Files federal trademark or copyright suits

The J.M. Smucker Company

Trademark enforcement profile · on record 1977–2025

The J.M. Smucker Company has filed federal trademark or copyright enforcement actions. On record (1977–2025): 16 federal trademark or copyright lawsuits; 13 oppositions and cancellation petitions at the USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (prevailed in 67% 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
16
Federal trademark cases
nature-of-suit 840
0
Federal copyright cases
nature-of-suit 820

At the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

9
Oppositions
under 15 U.S.C. §1063
4
Cancellation petitions
under 15 U.S.C. §1064
8
Prevailed
on the merits, by default, or by abandonment
4
Did not prevail
adverse ruling on the merits
1
Settled / withdrawn
ended without a Board ruling on the merits

Prevailed in 67% of proceedings the Board actually decided on the merits (settled and withdrawn proceedings excluded from this calculation).

Designs The J.M. Smucker Company has opposed

Real trademark applications The J.M. Smucker Company 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 “Prevailed” means The J.M. Smucker Company got the outcome it sought; settled/withdrawn cases ended without a Board ruling on the merits. Images from public USPTO records.

Marks The J.M. Smucker Company has asserted in proceedings

SMUCKER'S
SMUCKER'S
asserted in 4 proceedings
SMUCKER'S
SMUCKER'S
asserted in 3 proceedings
SMUCKER'S
SMUCKER'S
asserted in 2 proceedings
trademark
asserted in 1 proceedings
SMUCKER'S FAMILY-MADE SINCE 1897
SMUCKER'S FAMILY-MADE SINCE 1897
asserted in 1 proceedings
trademark
asserted in 1 proceedings
trademark
asserted in 1 proceedings
trademark
asserted in 1 proceedings
MarkSerialProceedings
SMUCKER'S715325124
SMUCKER'S737510113
SMUCKER'Stext721486643
SMUCKER'Stext723110713
SMUCKER'S871932642
SMUCKER'Stext879610412
SMUCKER'Stext745778502
UNCRUSTABLEStext758733391
AUTUMN HARVESTtext737685091
(design-only mark)763366531
SMUCKER'Stext735755411
SMUCKER'Stext771124421
WITH A NAME LIKE SMUCKER'S IT HAS TO BE GOODtext722550251
SMUCKER'S FAMILY-MADE SINCE 1897754005501
WITH A NAME LIKE SMUCKER'S IT HAS TO BE GOODtext786226781
SLENDERELLAtext720510701
LOW SUGARtext743726181
FRUITAGEtext740072031
SUPER SPREADERStext743191371
(design-only mark)731675511
GEORGIA PEACHtext746060321
(design-only mark)881112661
(design-only mark)881119551
(design-only mark)881119591
(design-only mark)764610331

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 The J.M. Smucker Company. 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.