08 Jan 2009
The Restaurant Name Game

Trademark abuse sometimes gets overlooked in the general mess that is our current IP law regime ... but it's a serious problem nonetheless. There was a local steakhouse steakhouse forced to surrender it's moniker by a Mexican restaurant in Kentucky with the same name. I can't even remember the name they were fighting over. But that's probably because the name picked after the lawsuit generated more local buzz than the original: The Lost Name Steakhouse.

Forge restaurant changes its name in a legal dispute.

(link) [New York Times]

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