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Little Beacon Hill restaurant faces big lawsuit over name
By adamg on Sun, 01/18/2015 - 12:56pm
A Mongolian hotpot chain that wants to break into the US market is suing Little Lamb, 326 Cambridge St., on charges it's using the chain's name and logo without permission.
In a lawsuit filed last week in US District Court in Boston, Xiao Wei Yang Catering Linkage in Inner Mongolia, Ltd. says it originally signed a franchise deal with the owners of Little Lamb, but that it decided to pull out after learning, it says, the two owners were married, rather than competing restaurant operators. Also, company charges, Cheng Xu and Yonghua Qin then refused to pay the chef the company flew to the US to help them set up their restaurant.
This fraudulent representation, among others, induced Plaintiff Xiao Wei Yang-China to enter into the Cooperation Agreement.
Xiao Wei Yang wants Little Lamb to stop using the company's logo, reimburse it and the chef for its expenses and pay double or treble damages.
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Comments
I thought Little Lamb was
I thought Little Lamb was only set up there so the owner could get an EB-5 visa?
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/09/30/chinese-real-estat...
Interesting set of accusations from the Mongolian chain
Impossible to tell who's telling the truth at this point. I wonder what will emerge at the trial.
The irony of a Chinese company suing an American one over intellectual property theft is amusing.
US trademark?
Do they own the trademark in the US? If not, they may be out of luck.
They do
Little Lamb trademark.
Mary's Probably More Upset Over This Than Anyone