Today in restaurant lawsuits: the once son-in-law of Pino Pozzuoli, the owner of Joe's Pizza on Carmine Street (and once on Bleecker Street), opened copycat pizzerias using the Joe's of Bleecker name out in Brooklyn, Santa Monica, and Hollywood. He even went so far as to trademark the name and use pictures and reviews of the Manhattan joints on his website. Now, reasonably, Pozzuoli is suing his former family member. [Gothamist]
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