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Court Denies Smucker's PB&J Patent

Posted by Zonk on from the line-in-the-sand dept.

lbmouse writes "The AP is reporting that on Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected an effort by the Jelly & Jam maker to patent its process for making pocket peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." While the company was only trying to patent the "crimping process" used to create a specific type of mass market sandwich, they had also "...asked Albie's Foods of Gaylord, Mich., to stop producing ready-made PB&J sandwiches for a school district".

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  1. I don't understand.. by vrunt · · Score: 1, Redundant

    What right would Smucker's have to ask Albie's to stop making sandwiches? If someone else is already using an idea, can it still be patented? Is the U.S. Patent system really that backwards?