Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc. is suing the owners of 52 former franchise restaurants for trademark infringement after the restaurants allegedly continued using the company’s trademarks despite the termination of licensing agreements.
Popeyes says it sent license termination notices to the owners, Florida Pop LLC and Pop Investments LLC and Guillermo Perales, between February and the end of March 2023, according to its complaint filed on Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The company filed a separate suit in March to enjoin the restaurant owners from using the trademarks. To resolve that case the parties …
Bloomberg have more of this fried food story