TRADEMARKS, TRADE DRESS AND TRADE SECRETS IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY

NYSRA News July-August 2008 (

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NYSRA News September-October 2008 (

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Competition in the restaurant industry is fierce. The last thing a restaurant owner needs is to find out that a competitor is stealing business by using a similar name, adopting copycat décor and the same look and feel or using secret recipes. This series of articles, that appeared in the “Legal Bites” column in the New York State Restaurant Association’s NYSRA News, offers suggestions on how restaurants can protect themselves through the use of trademarks, trade dress and trade secrets.