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By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation,
Although a beast on the football field, former Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch yielded to a Portland chef in a battle over the name of his new restaurant.
Last fall, Lynch and Hawaiian chef Kevin Kama’aina leased property at 1445 S.W. Broadway in Portland for a restaurant they planned to name Beast, playing off the football player’s nickname.
However, a restaurant by that name had operated in Portland since 2007, closing temporarily during the pandemic. Its chef, Naomi Pomeroy, said the restaurant planned to reopen in a new location after Covid-19 woes eased.
Lynch and Kama’aina opted instead to change the name of their new sports-themed restaurant featuring Hawaiian cuisine to Beastro.
In a similar case in the NW, Cash Brewing Company in Silverdale, Washington was recently sued [6] by the estate of singer Johnny Cash for copyright infringement. The case targets the beer called “Can in black” and Johnny Cash impersonators at its brewery events.