Jimmy Buffett has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Texas merchant is unlawfully using his trademark to sell goods at an online store. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, seeks to shut down Robert Akard's Web site, claiming the site falsely represents itself as "Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Online Store for Merchandise." Akard's attorney said Buffett is a financial empire trying to shut down a small business, calling the complaint "a classic case of David versus Goliath."
November 16, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Jimmy Buffett has filed a lawsuit alleging that a Galveston, Texas, merchant is unlawfully using his trademark to sell goods at an online store.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, seeks to shut down Robert Akard’s Web site, http://www.underonehut.com. The lawsuit claims the Web site falsely represents itself as “Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Online Store for Merchandise.”
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