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Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Response Filed in Portland Heart Pizza Trademark Lawsuit

12 Tuesday Sep 2017

Posted by Kenan Farrell in District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Trademark

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Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition, Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Oregon Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition

Portland, Oregon’s Heart coffee roasters has filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction in its trademark lawsuit against nearby Heart Pizza (read the original Complaint here).

We also now have a Response from Heart Pizza. There’s some good legal reading in the documents (below) but I’ve included a few highlights. I especially like Heart Pizza’s arguments around why keeping its name is in the public interest.

Public, now’s your chance to speak up…is it in your interest that Heart Pizza keep its name or should it pick a new one? Leave a comment below.

Motion for Preliminary Injunction:

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Response to Motion for Preliminary Injunction:

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Stay tuned for the Court’s ruling on the Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction.

Heart, LLC v. Heart Pizza, LLC

Court Case Number: 3:17-cv-01297-YY
File Date: Monday, August 21, 2017
Plaintiff: Heart, LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Kenneth R. Davis II, Parna A. Mehrbani of LANE POWELL PC
Defendant: Heart Pizza, LLC, Micah Camden
Defendant Counsel: Steven T. Lovett, Nathan C. Brunette, Elliott J. Williams of STOEL RIVES LLP
Cause: Unfair Competition, Oregon Trademark Infringement, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Youlee Yim You

Motion for Preliminary Injunction:

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Response to Motion for Preliminary Injunction:

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Heart coffee v. Heart Pizza…are you confused?

22 Tuesday Aug 2017

Posted by Kenan Farrell in District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon

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Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition, Oregon Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Youlee Yim You

This Portland-centric trademark lawsuit has some interesting facts. Normally a consumer might not confuse coffee roasters with pizza makers, but what about when they’re just one block apart?

Apparently the individual Defendant, a well-known Portland restaurateur and owner of Blue Star Donuts, used to be a daily visitor to Plaintiff’s Heart cafe on SW 12th Avenue. In addition to their coffee, he also seemingly liked their name, deciding to start an unrelated pizza shop called Heart Pizza just 0.1 miles away.

The Complaint (below) asserts actual confusion and alleges false representations of permission made by Defendant. Cease-and-desist communications from Plaintiff were unsuccessful, hence this lawsuit.

Stay tuned for updates.

Heart, LLC v. Heart Pizza, LLC et al.

Court Case Number: 3:17-cv-01297-YY
File Date: Monday, August 21, 2017
Plaintiff: Heart, LLC
Plaintiff Counsel: Kenneth R. Davis II, Parna A. Mehrbani of LANE POWELL PC
Defendant: Heart Pizza, LLC, Micah Camden
Cause: Unfair Competition, Oregon Trademark Infringement, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Youlee Yim You

Complaint:

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Killer Burger sues former owner over stolen hamburgers

08 Tuesday Aug 2017

Posted by Kenan Farrell in District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Portland, Trademark

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Breach of Contract, Michael W. Mosman, Oregon Trademark Infringement, Unfair Competition, Violation of Common Law rights, Violation of ORS Chapter 647

Just in time for Portland Burger Week, we have a federal lawsuit over stolen burgers. The Plaintiff is Killer Burger, allegedly “the most popular burger restaurant in Portland, Oregon.”

The Defendants are a former owner of Killer Burger, his wife, and their new restaurant in downtown Portland, Rock and Roll Chili Pit.

The Defendants left Killer Burger in 2016 (apparently not on the best of terms) to start their new restaurant and are accused of “using and advertising two burgers which were stolen straight from the Killer Burger menu.”

Killer Burger considers their burger recipes to be confidential information. Defendants also allegedly used the same burger names (EPIC and BLACK MOLLY) on their menu, hence the trademark claim. Note that Defendant, in a social media video, apparently claims to be the original creator of the two burgers at issue and thus fully entitled to sell them at his new restaurant.

If you can’t get out for Burger Week and want to make the infringing burgers at home, here’s what you’ll need:

“The Epic includes pulled pork, bacon and coleslaw. The Black Molly includes a smokey house sauce, grilled onions and house-brined roasted green chilies.”

Yum. Enjoy Burger Week everyone!

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Killer Burger, Inc. v. Rock and Roll Chili Pit, Inc. et al

Court Case Number: 3:17-cv-01219-MO
File Date: Friday, August 4, 2017
Plaintiff: Killer Burger, Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Thomas A. Ped, S. Ward Greene of Williams Kastner Greene & Markley
Defendant: Rock and Roll Chili Pit, Inc., Mark McCrary, Robin McCrary
Cause: Unfair Competition, Violation of ORS Chapter 647, Oregon Trademark Infringement, Violation of Common Law rights, Breach of Contract
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Michael W. Mosman

Complaint:

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Trademark and Unfair Competition lawsuit filed over expired software license

14 Friday Jul 2017

Posted by Kenan Farrell in District of Oregon, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Oregon, Trademark

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Anna J. Brown, Breach of Contract, Common Law False Advertising, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Common Law Unfair Competition, Copyright Infringement, False Advertising, False Designation of Origin, Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, Oregon Trademark Infringement, Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act, State Trademark Dilution, Tort of Conversion

This lawsuit involves the registered trademarks LEXILE, LEXILE FRAMEWORK, LEXILE ANALYZER and METAMETRICS.

The parties previously had a license by which the Defendants could use Plaintiff’s software, but it apparently expired on June 30, 2017.

MetaMetrics, Inc. v. NWEA et al.

Court Case Number: 3:17-cv-01059-BR
File Date: Thursday, July 6, 2017
Plaintiff: MetaMetrics, Inc.
Plaintiff Counsel: Jeff Pitzer of Pitzer Law
Defendant: NWEA (f/k/a Evaluation Association), Matthew Chapman, Jeff Strickler
Cause: Federal Trademark Infringement, Federal Unfair Competition, False Designation of Origin, False Advertising, Copyright Infringement, Oregon Trademark Infringement, Common Law Trademark Infringement, Oregon Trademark Dilution, Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act, Common Law Unfair Competition, Common Law False Advertising, Breach of Contract, Tort of Conversion
Court: District of Oregon
Judge: Anna J. Brown

Complaint:

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