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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

 

OATLY AB 

Stora Varvsgatan 6a

SE-211 19 

Malmö, Sweden 

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OATLY, INC. 

175 Varick Street 

New York, New York 10014, 

 Plaintiffs, 

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D’S NATURALS LLC 

6125 East Kemper Road 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45241 

6315 East Kemper Road 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45241 

 Defendant. 

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Case No. _______________ 

Judge: _______________ 

COMPLAINT FOR 

TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT, 

UNFAIR COMPETITION, 

DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES, 

AND CANCELLATION OF 

REGISTRATION 

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

 Plaintiffs Oatly AB and Oatly, Inc. (“Oatly”) state for their Complaint against Defendant, 

D’s Naturals LLC (“D’s Naturals”), as follows: 

NATURE OF THE CLAIMS

1. This is an action for trademark infringement under the Trademark Act of 1946 

(the “Lanham Act”), as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 1114; unfair competition pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 

1125(a); deceptive trade practices under Ohio Revised Code § 4165.01 et seq.; trademark 

infringement under the common law of the State of Ohio; and unfair competition under the 

common law of the State of Ohio, and cancellation of a registered trademark. 

 

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PARTIES, VENUE AND JURISDICTION

2. Plaintiff Oatly AB is a Swedish company, with a principal business address 

located at Stora Varvsgatan 6a, SE-211 19, Malmö, Sweden. For over 25 years, Oatly AB has 

produced and distributed various oat-based and milk substitute products around the world, 

including the full line of OATLY and WOW NO COW! branded goods, such as oat milks, oat 

yoghurts, and other oat-based foodstuffs, oat creams, oat-based beverages, and other highly 

nutritious food and drink products. 

3. Plaintiff Oatly, Inc. is an American division of Oatly AB, with a principal 

business address located at 175 Varick Street, New York, New York 10014. Oatly, Inc. 

facilitates the distribution of Oatly products within the United States of America. 

4. Upon information and belief, Defendant D’s Naturals LLC is a Limited Liability 

Company with a principal business address located at 6125 East Kemper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 

45241 and/or 6315 East Kemper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241. Upon information and belief, 

D’s Naturals offers dairy free drink powders, nutritional supplements, nut butters, cookies, 

brownies, cereal bars, and sports beverages. 

5. This Court has jurisdiction over this litigation because the action arises under 15 

U.S.C. §§ 1051-1141 of the Lanham Act, and jurisdiction is proper in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 

§ 1121 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1338(a) and (b). Additionally, this Court has pendant, ancillary and/or 

supplemental jurisdiction over the state law claims asserted in this litigation pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1367. 

6. This Court has personal jurisdiction over D’s Naturals because D’s Naturals’ 

principal place of business is located in Hamilton County, Ohio, D’s Naturals’ products can be 

and have been sold in Ohio, and the effects of D’s Naturals’ unlawful conduct are felt in Ohio, 

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7. Furthermore, venue is appropriate in this Court in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 

1391(b) as a result of D’s Naturals maintaining its principal place of business in Hamilton 

County, Ohio. 

8. The amount in controversy exceeds Seventy Five Thousand Dollars and 00/100 

($75,000.00). 

FACTUAL BACKGROUND 

Oatly and the Famous OATLY Brand and Trademark

9. In the early 1990s, Oatly’s founder invented a now patented process of making 

liquid oats while working as a researcher at Lund University, in Lund, Sweden. 

10. Subsequently, Oatly began producing various oat-based products, including its 

renowned oat-milk. 

11. Oatly ultimately began offering a highly popular brand of oat-milk under the 

WOW NO COW! trademark. 

12. On May 9, 2014, Oatly filed a European Union trademark application for WOW 

NO COW!, and received a registration on September 18, 2014. 

13. Subsequently, Oatly filed an international trademark application for WOW NO 

COW! under the Madrid protocol. The international trademark application received a priority 

date of May 9, 2014 under Article 4 of the Paris Convention. 

14. Oatly designated the United States, among other countries, for an extension of 

protection under its international trademark application for WOW NO COW! as of November 7, 

2014. 

15. On September 20, 2016, the United States Patent and Trademark Office 

(“USPTO”) issued U.S. Registration No. 5,043,246 for Oatly’s WOW NO COW! trademark 

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under Section 66(a) of the Lanham Act, also with a priority date of May 9, 2014 under Article 4 

of the Paris Convention (“Oatly’s Registration”). A copy of the certificate of registration for 

Oatly’s Registration is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

16. Oatly’s Registration includes among its identified goods: (i) oat milk; milk 

substitute; milk substitutes containing oats, cream substitutes containing oats, sour milk 

substitutes containing oats, yoghurt substitutes containing oats; (ii) flour, oatmeal, rolled oats; 

oat-based foodstuffs, namely, processed oats, oatmeal; muesli; bread; biscuits; pastry; 

confectionery containing oats, namely, oat cakes; oat-based biscuit mixes, pancakes, waffles, 

pre-mixed liquid pancake batter, oat-based gruel, oat-based sauces, oat-based vanilla custard, 

ice-cream, oat-based ice-cream, flavored ice-cream, fruit ice-cream; and (iii) non-alcoholic 

beverages, namely, oat-based beverages, fruit and berry beverages based on oats. 

17. Since filing its trademark applications for WOW NO COW!, Oatly has begun use 

of its popular WOW NO COW! trademark in the United States. In connection therewith, Oatly 

has sold WOW NO COW! oat-based products included in the identification of goods for Oatly’s 

Registration to numerous American cafés, coffee shops, restaurants, and other commercial 

locations where beverages are served, where such WOW NO COW! oat-based products are 

offered and provided to the American public. 

18. Likewise, Oatly has attended numerous trade shows and events throughout the 

United States offering its WOW NO COW! oat-based products, as identified in Oatly’s 

Registration, to consumers of such products. For example, Oatly has shown its WOW NO COW! 

products at the Natural Products Expo East 2017, held at the Baltimore Convention Center in 

Baltimore, Maryland from September 14-16, 2017, the New York City Coffee Festival, held 

September 16-18 at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan, and Stockholm, CA, a Swedish 

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music festival in Los Angeles, California on October 15, 2016. Images from these events are 

attached hereto as Exhibit B. 

19. Oatly’s presence in the United States has increased as the company continues to 

offer its products to U.S. consumers, to the extent that Oatly established an American division of 

the company, known as Oatly, Inc., on January 20, 2016. 

20. Oatly continues to offer and sell WOW NO COW! oat-based products to 

American consumers, and American consumers have come to recognize Oatly as the source for 

such products under the WOW NO COW! mark. 

21. Goods sold under the WOW NO COW! trademark have been referenced or 

featured in non-solicited articles covering the non-dairy food and beverage industry. 

D’s Naturals’ Infringement of the WOW NO COW! Mark

22. Upon information and belief, D’s Naturals is a company offering health-related 

products and nutritional supplements, including cereal bars, lactose-free powdered drink 

supplements, nut-butters, cookies, and sports beverages, among others to American consumers. 

23. At some point after the priority date of May 9, 2014 assigned to Oatly’s 

Registration, D’s Naturals began offering dairy free and soy free cereal bars under the trademark 

“NO COW.” 

24. On October 31, 2014, D’s Naturals filed a USPTO trademark application for NO 

COW asserting a first date of use as July 1, 2014. The October 31, 2014 application matured into 

U.S. Reg. No. 4,839,835 on October 27, 2015, in connection with goods identified as: fruit-based 

meal replacement bars; nut-based snack bars; vegetable-based raw food bars; and vegetablebased snack foods. 

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25. On May 31, 2017, D’s Naturals filed an “intent to use” USPTO trademark 

application for NO COW, Serial No. 87/470,210, in connection with goods identified as: (i) 

powdered nutritional supplement drink mix containing protein; soy protein for use as a 

nutritional supplement in various powdered and ready-to-drink beverages; (ii) nut-butters; 

powdered nut-butters; single serving nut-butters; (iii) cookies, brownies, cereal bars, high-protein 

cereal bars; and ready to eat, cereal derived food bars; and (iv) protein-enriched sports beverages. 

26. On August 30, 2017, the USPTO refused registration of D’s Naturals’ NO COW 

trademark application, after concluding that there was a likelihood of confusion between D’s 

Naturals’ NO COW trademark application and Oatly’s Registration. 

27. On October 17, 2017, D’s Naturals filed an “intent to use” USPTO trademark 

application for NO COW & Design, Serial No. 87/648,771, in connection with goods identified 

as: (i) powdered nutritional supplement drink mix containing protein; soy protein for use as a 

nutritional supplement in various powdered and ready-to-drink beverages; dietary supplements, 

namely, protein-based, nutrient-dense snack bars (ii) fruit-based meal replacement bars; nutbased snack bars; vegetable-based raw food bars; vegetable-based snack foods; nut-butters; 

powdered nut-butters; single serving nut-butters; (iii) high protein cookies, high protein 

brownies, high-protein cereal bars; ready to eat, high protein cereal derived food bars; and (iv) 

protein-enriched sports beverages. 

28. On October 17, 2017, D’s Naturals filed an “intent to use” USPTO trademark 

application for NO COW. NO BULL. NO WHEY!, Serial No. 87/648,816, in connection with 

goods identified as: (i) high protein cookies, high protein brownies, high-protein cereal bars; 

ready to eat, high protein cereal derived food bars; and (ii) protein-enriched sports beverages. 

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29. On October 17, 2017, D’s Naturals filed a USPTO trademark application for NO 

COW. NO BULL. NO WHEY!, Serial No. 87/648,844, asserting a first date of use as October 6, 

2015, in connection with goods identified as: (i) powdered nutritional supplement drink mix 

containing protein; soy protein for use as a nutritional supplement in various powdered and 

ready-to-drink beverages; dietary supplements, namely, protein-based, nutrient-dense snack bars; 

and (ii) fruit-based meal replacement bars; nut-based snack bars; vegetable-based raw food bars; 

vegetable-based snack foods; nut-butters; powdered nut-butters; single serving nut-butters. 

30. D’s Naturals offers dairy free and soy free cereal bars under the trademark NO 

COW through its online retail store with the web address www.nocow.com. 

31. D’s Naturals offers dairy free and soy free cereal bars under the trademark NO 

COW through retailers such as Vitamin Shoppe, GNC, 24 hour fitness, Lifetime Fitness, HEB, 

Wegmans, CVS, and many other stores in Ohio and throughout the United States. 

32. D’s Naturals has begun offering protein cookies under the trademark NO COW 

through retailers such as Vitamin Shoppe, and through its own online retail service, in Ohio and 

throughout the United States. The cookies can currently be purchased via the internet at web 

addresses including: www.vitaminshoppe.com/p/no-cow-cookie-snickerdoodle-12-cookies/dsn1025; www.vitaminshoppe.com/p/no-cow-cookie-peanut-butter-12-cookie-s/dsn1024; and 

https://nocow.com/cookies/. 

33. Within at least the last six months, goods using the NO COW mark have been 

traveling in interstate commerce with labels attached that state “Manufactured For: D’s Naturals, 

LLC, Cincinnati, OH 45241 USA.” 

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34. D’s Naturals’ use of the NO COW trademark in connection with the goods 

referenced in the identifications of goods for its various trademark applications has begun to 

cause actual confusion in the marketplace. 

35. For example, D’s Naturals has been attending some of the same trade shows that 

Oatly has attended, including the Natural Products Expo East, 2017, and has featured its NO 

COW materials within close proximity to Oatly’s WOW NO COW! materials. Attached as 

Exhibit C are printouts from the layout of the Natural Products Expo East 2017, marked to show 

the locations of Oatly’s WOW NO COW! signage and D’s Naturals’ NO COW booth. 

36. As a result of the close proximity of Oatly’s and D’s Naturals’ materials at the 

Natural Products Expo East, 2017, consumers began sending out messages on social media 

connecting Oatly’s WOW NO COW! signage with D’s Naturals’ NO COW products. Attached 

as Exhibit D are copies of social media messages depicting Oatly’s signage and a “NO COW” 

hashtag associated with D’s Naturals’ products. 

37. Likewise, many additional consumers have sent messages on social media 

connecting Oatly’s WOW NO COW! products with D’s Naturals’ NO COW products. Attached 

as Exhibit E are copies of social media messages depicting Oatly’s products and a “NO COW” 

hashtag associated with D’s Naturals’ products. 

38. D’s Naturals intends to use the trademark NO COW in connection with all of the 

goods identified in USPTO trademark application Serial No. 87/470,210. 

39. D’s Naturals’ non-dairy products are related to the goods offered by Oatly in 

connection with its WOW NO COW! trademark. 

40. The health goods and fitness retailers where D’s Naturals’ goods are sold are 

similar to or within the natural area of expansion for Oatly’s channels of trade. 

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41. D’s Naturals was either aware of or constructively aware of Oatly’s federal 

trademark registration for WOW NO COW! when D’s Naturals began offering products under 

the NO COW trademark. 

42. D’s Naturals was aware of Oatly’s use of WOW NO COW! in commerce within 

the United States when D’s Naturals began offering products under the NO COW trademark. 

43. D’s Naturals intends to free ride on the goodwill associated with Oatly’s WOW 

NO COW! trademark in order to confuse and deceive consumers in the marketplace into the 

mistaken belief that D’s Naturals is associated with or connected to Oatly. 

44. Oatly has not consented to D’s Naturals’ manufacture, sale, and/or distribution of 

products under NO COW, NO COW. NO BULL. NO WHEY!, or any other similarly confusing 

mark. 

COUNT I 

INFRINGEMENT OF REGISTERED TRADEMARK 

(15 U.S.C. §§ 1114) 

45. Oatly incorporates by reference the allegations contained in the preceding 

paragraphs as if fully restated herein. 

46. Oatly owns all registered and common law rights in Oatly’s Registration. Oatly’s 

registration has priority over both the filing and use dates associated with D’s Natural’s U.S. 

Registration No. 4,839,835. Under 15 U.S.C. § 1115, Oatly’s Registration is prima facie 

evidence of the validity of the mark and of Oatly’s exclusive right to use the WOW NO COW! 

trademark in commerce. 

47. As a result of Oatly’s use, sales, advertising and promotional activities, and 

widespread distribution of such efforts throughout Ohio and the United States, Oatly’s WOW 

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NO COW! trademark has become well known and accepted by the public and serves to 

distinguish Oatly’s goods from those of others. 

48. D’s Naturals’ use of NO COW in commerce in connection with the goods 

identified in D’s Naturals’ trademark applications, such as cereal bars, and other goods similar to 

Oatly’s goods, is likely to cause confusion, cause mistake, or deceive as to the affiliation, 

connection, or association of D’s Naturals with Oatly as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval of 

D’s Naturals’ goods or services and constitutes a willful violation of Section 32 of the Lanham 

Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1114. 

49. D’s Naturals’ acts, in particular the continued infringement of the WOW NO 

COW! trademark, have been committed with the deliberate intent to cause confusion, mistake 

and to deceive. 

50. D’s Naturals’ conduct has caused, and will continue to cause Oatly to suffer 

severe, immediate and irreparable injury for which Oatly has no adequate remedy at law unless 

D’s Naturals is enjoined pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1116. 

51. As a result of D’s Naturals’ willful, deliberate, and malicious activities and 

conduct, Oatly has been harmed and will continue to be harmed. Accordingly, Oatly is entitled 

to recover its damages, D’s Naturals’ profits received as a result of its infringing activities and 

conduct, Oatly’s attorney’s fees, and the costs of this action pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a). 

52. Damages alone will not provide Oatly with an adequate remedy at law. 

COUNT II 

FEDERAL UNFAIR COMPETITION AND FALSE DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN 

(15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)) 

53. Oatly incorporates by reference the allegations contained in the preceding 

paragraphs as if fully restated herein. 

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54. Oatly has expended substantial resources, including time and money in building 

the WOW NO COW! trademark and all associated goods and services, and as a result, the public 

has come to associate the WOW NO COW! trademark with Oatly and use that mark to identify 

Oatly as the source of Oatly’s products. 

55. The continued use by D’s Naturals of NO COW as set forth above constitutes 

unfair competition and violation of the federal Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and violation 

of Oatly’s exclusive rights to exploit the WOW NO COW! trademark. 

56. The foregoing conduct of D’s Naturals further constitutes a false designation of 

origin in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). 

57. As a direct and proximate result of D’s Naturals conduct, Oatly has suffered 

damage to its valuable WOW NO COW! trademark, and other damages, in an amount that 

exceeds $75,000.00. 

58. D’s Naturals has unjustly profited by its unlawful actions. 

59. D’s Naturals has committed the foregoing acts with notice of Oatly’s rights and 

such actions were willful and intended to cause confusion, to cause mistake, or to deceive 

60. Oatly has been and will continue to be damaged by D’s Naturals’ unlawful 

actions. 

61. D’s Naturals’ conduct and acts, as alleged above, will continue to cause 

irreparable harm to Oatly unless enjoined by the Court. 

62. Damages alone will not provide Oatly with an adequate remedy at law. 

COUNT III 

OHIO UNIFORM DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES ACT 

63. Oatly hereby incorporates by reference the preceding paragraphs as if fully 

restated herein. 

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64. D’s Naturals has willfully violated the Ohio Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices 

Act, Ohio Revised Code §4165.02, by causing likelihood of confusion or misunderstanding as to 

the source, sponsorship, approval, affiliation, connection or association with Oatly. 

65. D’s Naturals’ acts of infringement have been committed with the intent to cause 

confusion and mistake and to deceive. 

66. Oatly has been and will continue to be damaged by D’s Naturals’ unlawful 

actions. 

67. D’s Naturals’ conduct and acts, as alleged above, will continue to cause 

irreparable harm to Oatly as to which it has no adequate remedy at law, unless enjoined by this 

Court. 

COUNT IV 

COMMON LAW TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT 

68. Oatly hereby incorporates by reference the preceding paragraphs as if fully 

restated herein. 

69. D’s Naturals’ use of NO COW as described herein constitutes trademark 

infringement under the common law of the State of Ohio. 

70. D’s Naturals’ acts of infringement are willful and have been committed with the 

intent to cause confusion and mistake and to deceive. 

71. Oatly has been and will continue to be damaged by D’s Naturals’ infringement. 

72. D’s Naturals’ conduct and acts, as alleged above, will continue to cause 

irreparable harm to Oatly as to which it has no adequate remedy at law, unless enjoined by this 

Court. 

 

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COUNT V 

COMMON LAW UNFAIR COMPETITION 

73. Oatly hereby incorporates by reference the preceding paragraphs as if fully 

restated herein. 

74. The acts described above reflect D’s Naturals’ scheme by which it, without 

authority, consent or privilege, intended to imitate or pass off its goods as those of Oatly or as 

goods that have received the sponsorship or approval of Oatly. Such conduct constitutes unfair 

competition in violation of the common law of the State of Ohio. 

75. Upon information and belief, D’s Naturals’ alleged acts of infringement are 

willful and have been committed with the intent to cause confusion and mistake and to deceive. 

76. Oatly has been and will continue to be damaged by D’s Naturals’ unfair 

competition. 

77. Naturals’ conduct and acts, as alleged above, will continue to cause irreparable 

harm to Oatly as to which it has no adequate remedy at law, unless enjoined by this Court. 

COUNT VI 

CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION DUE TO PRIORITY 

78. Oatly hereby incorporates by reference the preceding paragraphs as if fully 

restated herein. 

79. Oatly’s Registration maintains a USPTO priority date of May 9, 2014. 

80. D’s Natural’s alleged first date of use for U.S. Reg. No. 4,839,835 is July 1, 2014. 

81. D’s Naturals filing date for U.S. Reg. No. is October 31, 2014. 

82. Oatly has priority of use in the use of the WOW NO COW! trademark based on 

its use since the registration date of September 20, 2016 and its filing priority date of May 9, 

2014. 

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83. D’s Naturals’ NO COW mark is confusingly similar to Oatly’s Registration in 

sight, sound, meaning and commercial impression. 

84. Oatly’s Registration features a strong, arbitrary or suggestive mark. 

85. D’s Naturals’ goods claimed in U.S. Reg. No. 4,839,835 are identical to or closely 

related to the goods identified in Oatly’s Registration, so as to cause consumer confusion. 

86. D’s Naturals’ goods claimed in U.S. Reg. No. 4,839,835 travel in the same or 

similar trade channels as the goods identified in Oatly’s Registration, or travel in trade channels 

that are within the natural zone of expansion of Oatly’s Registration. 

87. D’s Naturals’ goods claimed in U.S. Reg. No. 4,839,835 are marketed in the same 

or similar marketing channels as the goods identified in Oatly’s Registration, or travel in 

marketing channels that are within the natural zone of expansion of Oatly’s Registration 

88. Actual confusion has occurred in the marketplace as between U.S. Reg. No. 

4,839,835 and Oatly’s Registration. 

89. Consumers, in this case the general public shopping for health-food products and 

nutritional supplements, exercise little care in selecting among different brands offering such 

products. 

90. D’s Naturals’ registered U.S. Reg. No. 4,839,835 for the purpose of creating 

confusion, mistake, or deception in regard to Oatly’s Registration, and thus did so with bad 

intent. 

91. Oatly will be damaged by the continued registration of U.S. Reg. No. 4,839,835. 

 

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PRAYER FOR RELIEF 

WHEREFORE, Oatly respectfully demands judgment against D’s Naturals as follows: 

(1) Restraining and enjoining D’s Naturals, permanently and preliminarily during the 

pendency of this action, together with D’s Naturals’ officers, agents, members, employees, 

successors and assigns, and all those in privity and/or acting in concert with them, from 

advertising, selling, marketing, or distributing D’s Naturals’ goods and services, including but 

not limited to snack bars, cereal, nut, and oat-based products, drink supplements, cookies and 

beverages, under the “WOW NO COW! trademark, the NO COW trademark, the NO COW. NO 

BULL. NO WHEY! trademark, or any other confusingly similar names or marks, and/or 

otherwise using the WOW NO COW! trademark, NO COW trademark, or NO COW. NO 

BULL. NO WHEY! Trademark or any confusingly similar name or mark; 

(2) Awarding Oatly its monetary damages, including actual damages sustained as a 

result of D’s Naturals’ infringement of the WOW NO COW! trademark and other unlawful 

conduct set forth herein, together with an accounting of D’s Naturals’ profits, as provided in 15 

U.S.C. § 1117, and Ohio common law, all in amounts to be determined at trial; 

(3) Awarding Oatly punitive damages against D’s Naturals for its willful misconduct 

in an amount to be determined at trial; 

(4) Awarding Oatly its costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expert witness fees in 

this action; 

(5) That D’s Naturals be required to deliver up for destruction all advertising and 

promotional materials, all packaging materials, and all business documents, including labels, 

cartons, brochures, business stationary, calling cards, information sheets, posters, signs, and any 

other printed or graphic materials of any type, including the plates, molds or other means of 

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producing the materials, which bear reference to confusingly similar imitations of Oatly’s WOW 

NO COW! trademark; 

(6) That D’s Naturals be required to expressly abandon any and all pending 

trademark applications that include the words “no cow,” including but not limited to Application 

Serial Nos. 87/470,210, 87/648,771, 87/648,816, and 87/648,844; 

(7) That D’s Naturals be required to remove all content from and shut down its use of 

the website and domain name located at www.nocow.com and all related social media accounts. 

(8) Cancelling U.S. Trademark Registration No. 4,839,835; 

(9) Finding the case to be exceptional under 15. U.S.C. § 1117(a); and 

(10) Granting Oatly such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and 

equitable. 

Dated: December 15, 2017 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Karen Kreider Gaunt 

Karen Kreider Gaunt 

Michael J. Wheeler 

DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP 

255 East Fifth Street 

Cincinnati, OH 45202 

(513) 977-8503 phone / (513) 977-8141 fax 

Karen.Gaunt@dinsmore.com 

Michael.Wheeler@dinsmore.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, Oatly AB and Oatly, Inc. 

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