3rd Circuit Affirms: Cookie Trade Dress Is Functional, Invalid

Mealey's (October 12, 2020, 1:53 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Two product configurations for “Pocky” — a thin, stick-shaped cookie — claim functional features protectable only with patents, not trade dress, a panel of the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 8 (Ezaki Glico Kabushiki Kaisha v. Lotte International America Corp., No. 19-3010, 3rd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 31926)....