Congress Hopeful Campbell Agrees to Stop Invoking Soup Brand

Campbell’s Co. reached an agreement with Michigan congressional candidate Shelby Nicole Campbell in which she’d stop using its famous soup-can branding in campaign materials.

The Democratic House candidate swore off use of the trade dress in a jointly stipulated order granted Nov. 14, a month after the soup giant filed its lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Campbell, representing herself, had filed a motion to dismiss Nov. 6 claiming protected political speech, parody, and no likelihood of confusion. But it was stricken from the record the next day on technical grounds.

Campbell—who says she ...