A sandwich shop franchisor wants a Las Vegas outlet to stop using its name, claiming the franchisee let a strip club sell Capriotti’s sandwiches during a happy hour promotion touting “boobs and Bobbies.”
Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop company claims in Federal Court that Taylor Family Holdings and Natalie Taylor are still using the Capriotti name to sell sandwiches, though their franchise agreement was terminated for “directly associating the Capriotti’s Marks with topless dancers.”
Capriotti’s says it gave Taylor 5 days to end the promotion after it learned that Crazy Horse III, a Las Vegas gentlemen’s club, was using Capriotti’s name in radio and print ads for the beer and sandwich happy hour deal. Read more.