JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The legal battle between Jacksonville-based peanut company Dee’s Nuts and YouTube superstar Jimmy Donaldson has come to an end — and Dee’s Nuts got what it wanted.
In August, Dee’s Nuts, a company based in Duval County that sells millions of dollars of gourmet flavored peanuts and apparel each year, filed a federal civil lawsuit against Feastables Inc., which is backed by Donaldson, alleging trademark infringement.
Donaldson, better known to his millions of followers as “MrBeast,” owns a line of products under Feastables which includes candy bars sold in dozens of stores across the country. The candy bars include three flavors, but it was the milk chocolate and peanut butter flavored bar — “DEEZ NUTZ” — that caught the attention of Dees Nuts LLC because of its name. So Dee’s Nuts sued.
Last week, a federal judge approved a permanent injunction between Dee’s Nuts and Feastables that said the MrBeast-backed company can no longer use the name “DEEZ NUTZ”, or anything else resembling “Dee’s Nuts,” to sell its candy bars.
Details of the settlement between the two companies were not made public, other than what was disclosed related to the injunction. Court documents did state that Feastibles has agreed that “DEEZ NUTZ” is “confusingly similar” to the “Dee’s Nuts” trademark. It’s unclear if the settlement included any monetary damages.
The “DEEZ NUTZ” snack bar is still available for purchase on the Feastables website as of Tuesday for the cost of $29.99 for a 10-pack. The webpage includes a photo of a smiling MrBeast holding one of the candy bars.
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