Georgia-Pacific files complaint over toilet paper

ATLANTA

Packaged goods giant Georgia-Pacific has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that two companies broke trademark laws by copying packaging and labeling of two popular versions of its toilet paper.

The company claimed in a lawsuit filed Monday in Atlanta that Family Dollar Stores Inc. and Sun Paper Co. violated its trademark designs for the company's Angel Soft and Quilted Northern branded tissues.

The lawsuit claims that Sun Paper Co. manufactured tissue paper that Family Dollar began selling in February that was "designed to trade upon the goodwill" of Georgia-Pacific's distinctive designs. It says the two companies did this "despite having an entire universe of packaging options available."

Family Dollar did not immediately respond to a telephone call and an e-mail seeking comment.