I thought i'd seen it all.
"Filmmaker and winery owner Francis Ford Coppola, who also owns a San Francisco café and a full-service restaurant called Rustic at his northern Sonoma winery, is suing the owners of a small Italian restaurant called Tavola Italian Kitchen in Novato over the use of the Italian term a tavola. The phrase means "to the table" and simply refers to the serving of dishes family-style, which is Coppola's preferred mode for his restaurants. Coppola went so far as to trademark the phrase in 2008, as Bloomberg reports, and subsequently his people had asked Tavola, which opened in November, to cease and desist — and possibly to change their name altogether?..."
Francis Ford Coppola Sues Marin Restaurant Over Use of Common Italian Term, Which He Trademarked -- Grub Street San Francisco
"Filmmaker and winery owner Francis Ford Coppola, who also owns a San Francisco café and a full-service restaurant called Rustic at his northern Sonoma winery, is suing the owners of a small Italian restaurant called Tavola Italian Kitchen in Novato over the use of the Italian term a tavola. The phrase means "to the table" and simply refers to the serving of dishes family-style, which is Coppola's preferred mode for his restaurants. Coppola went so far as to trademark the phrase in 2008, as Bloomberg reports, and subsequently his people had asked Tavola, which opened in November, to cease and desist — and possibly to change their name altogether?..."
Francis Ford Coppola Sues Marin Restaurant Over Use of Common Italian Term, Which He Trademarked -- Grub Street San Francisco
