November 22, 2006
Rudy's Puts The Wood to Woody's
In a battle over barbecue trade dress, Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q resaturants sued Woody's, a Missouri-based competitor and the architect/contractor responsible for building a restaurant that Rudy's claimed was a "virtual copy" of its restaurants. The parties' settlement, recently announced according to this article, requires Woody's and its architect/contractor to change the design of that restaurant, and to forgo their plans to construct other units too reminiscent of Rudy's.
Posted by franchiselawblog at November 22, 2006 11:46 AM