Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman Releases Food and Hospitality Industry Web Video

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C. has just released a 30-minute online video named 'Someone's stealing my food! - Intellectual Property for the Food & Hospitality Industry,' with an introduction by Mimi Sheraton on its website www.cll.com.

The video fills a gap in available information about intellectual property rights as they specifically apply to recipes, cookbooks, restaurants and hotels. It deals with such issues as

* Who owns a recipe - the restaurant or chef?

* When can a recipe or a cookbook be copied?

* How close can packaging designs be?

* Can restaurant décor be copied?

* What rights are there in restaurant and hotel names?

Mimi Sheraton - the well-known food writer, restaurant critic and observer of food products and trends - introduces the program. She gives a number of examples of what she calls 'culinary litigation' involving recipes, restaurant names and décor and food products.

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman partners then provide an overview of intellectual property rights specific to this industry, the ways in which recipes can be protected, what constitutes infringement of food package designs and restaurant décor, and how to avoid lawsuits over names and logos. Each segment is about 5 minutes long.

Jason Perlow, the founder of the respected food and restaurant website Off the Broiler, located at www.offthebroiler.wordpress.com, said 'If you're a restaurateur, food writer or food blogger this is something you definitely need to watch.'

Logos, product and company names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

Reader Comments:

Be the first to leave a comment for this article

Tweet