April 22, 2008
It’s Hop’n Into a Langley’s Pancake House
When the Langley family opened a breakfast-anytime restaurant in a former IHOP building, A-framed blue roof and all, they thought it would be cute to name the restaurant “It’s Hop’n.” IHOP wasn’t laughing, and lawyers quickly hopped to a lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Greensboro, North Carolina. According to this article, the Langley’s did not take a lawyer’s cease and desist letter seriously, but – after being served with the lawsuit – they now understand that IHOP means business. They have decided to change the name of the restaurant to “Langley’s Pancake House,” but they refuse to change the color of the roof. . .
Posted by franchiselawblog at April 22, 2008 03:29 PM