Congressional Candidate Moves to Toss Campbell’s Trademark Suit

Michigan congressional candidate Shelby Campbell asked a federal judge to throw out claims that she and her campaign are infringing The Campbell’s Co.‘s trade dress to promote her election.

The soup company is “attempting to transform a lighthearted political pun and personal nickname into federal trademark litigation,” but fails to support any of its claims, the Democratic candidate argued in a motion to dismiss docketed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Campbell’s accused the candidate and her campaign of “copying all core design and trade dress elements” of the company’s iconic soup can, ...