Chicago's Pizza, Inc. v. Chicago's Pizza Franchise Limited USA

Plaintiffs, Chicago’s Pizza, Inc., Chicago’s Best, Inc., and Flovig, Inc., filed a complaint against defendants, Chicago’s Pizza Franchise Limited and Irfanullah Muhammed, alleging that defendants used the Chicago’s Pizza name to mislead consumers, benefit from plaintiffs’ investment in the Chicago’s Pizza name, and divert sales from plaintiffs’ restaurants to defendants’. After a bench trial, the trial court found that plaintiffs did not meet their burden of proving that defendants’ actions caused plaintiffs to lose revenue.

I. BACKGROUND

Martin Flores and his wife opened their first Chicago’s…