Domino’s Loses Pizza Trademark Battle

A small Dallas-area pizza chain has won a small victory in a trademark battle against Domino’s Pizza LLC, as a federal appeals court has overturned a lower court’s ruling that Domino’s did not infringe the chain’s “Brooklyn-style pizza” and “A taste of the old neighborhood” marks.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in an unpublished opinion on Wednesday that the district court erred in granting summary judgment to Domino’s because there were enough facts in dispute that the case could not be decided on summary judgment.

The case was remanded back to the District Court for further proceedings.