A popular ice cream brand sold at Walmart and Kroger files for bankruptcy after ‘trade dress’ lawsuit

A years-long lawsuit between two ice cream brands, Van Leeuwen Ice Cream and Rebel Creamery, has come to a possible end, with a federal judge ruling that Rebel infringed Van Leeuwen Ice Cream’s trade dress, and ordering that Rebel owes Van Leeuwen tens of millions of dollars. But now, Rebel is seeking Chapter 11 bankru

Rebel was ordered to turn over $23.8M in profits to Van Leeuwen after a judge found that Rebel intentionally copied the New York ice cream company's packaging.