• Posts Tagged ‘lease’

    The Name Didn’t Stay With the Building

    by  • August 12, 2019 • trademark • 1 Comment

    Ownership of the trademark for a location-based business, like a restaurant, a theater, or a hotel, is always interesting. I don’t think there is any consistent outcome; it depends on the very specific facts of the given situation. Today’s installment is about a little bakery called The Long Grove Apple Haus. The original business...

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    Another Restaurant Name Dispute

    by  • December 28, 2010 • trademark

    Specimen One of the most common scenarios where trademark ownership disputes arise is between the owner of the building and the operator of the business in the building.  There was the newsworthy “Tavern on the Green” case, where the City of New York successfully retained ownership of the name for the landmark building in...

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