Peet’s Coffee Gets Splenda Trademark Feud Moved to California

Peet’s Coffee Inc. convinced a federal judge to transfer to California the lawsuit brought by the makers of Splenda accusing the coffee chain of trademark infringement.

Only a small fraction of Peet’s business takes place in Virginia where the suit was brought as opposed to California, where 169 out of the 202 Peet’s Coffee outlets are located, according to an order filed Monday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. That the coffee chain conducts business in Virginia isn’t enough to keep the lawsuit there because the sales are not unique to the state and constitute ...