Legal Opinion

Imapizza, LLC v. At Pizza Ltd.

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided September 24, 2018No. Civil Action No. 17-2327 (TJK)PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TIMOTHY J. KELLY, United States District Judge *105Plaintiff IMAPizza, LLC ("IMAPizza") operates a chain of pizza restaurants under the name "&pizza." Defendants-a company called At Pizza Limited ("At Pizza") and its alleged owners, Bhasker Dhir and Rupert Lyle-plan to operate a similar pizza restaurant called "@pizza." IMAPizza is understandably upset, and thinks that Defendants have improperly coopted the name and design of its restaurants.

But there's a catch: all of IMAPizza's restaurants are located in the Eastern United States, while Defendants' restaurant is located in Scotland. Defendants…

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