Fizz Social Settles Trademark Suit Against Instacart, Partiful

Social media app Fizz Social Corp. and Instacart reached a settlement in a lawsuit accusing the food delivery service of infringing the “Fizz mark.”

Fizz Social and defendants Maplebar Inc.—which does business as Instacart—and event-planning app Partiful Co. are finalizing a written agreement and will request dismissal no later than Dec. 3, the parties said in a joint stipulation and proposed order approved by Judge Charles R. Breyer on Thursday.

Fizz Social sued Instacart and Partiful in the US District Court for the Northern District of California in May, saying the companies launched a “Fizz” service—a drinks and snack delivery ...