International Dairy Queen, the ice cream maker owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., asked a California court to halt sales of frozen desserts marketed under a name similar to its Blizzard product.

Blizz Frozen Yogurt is causing confusion among customers familiar with Dairy Queen’s best-selling item, the company said in a filing in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. The request seeks to block Yogubliz Inc.’s use of the Blizz name. Yogubliz filed a pre-emptive suit in May, saying it received threats from Dairy Queen and that the two products are distinct.

Dairy Queen “is suffering irreparable harm and damage to the goodwill” of Blizzard trademarks, the company said in a July 26 filing. Yogubliz’s product is “likely to cause confusion, mistake and deception among consumers.”

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