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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by DanBC on Friday June 09, 2017 @01:43PM (#14522965)
> But in my opinion, if I were to do this in Germany there is no way ALDI (whom trader Joe's belongs to iirc) could sue me out of business.

They could, and Levi's jeans did it with Tesco who were selling grey market imports.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1261829.stm

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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by joezydeco on Friday June 09, 2017 @02:08PM (#14523173)
There are two ALDIs in Germany.

ALDI Süd operates the American ALDI stores. ALDI Nord owns Trader Joe's.

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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by DanBC on Friday June 09, 2017 @02:50PM (#14523505)
That's irrelevant to the point being made, which is that trademark owners have a lot of power over who does or doesn't sell the product, especially if the product is a grey market import.
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