The Dubliner pub in Washington, DC sues The Dubliner pub in Boston

The Dubliner in Washington, DC is suing The Dubliner in Boston, MA, accusing the newly-opened pub of trademark infringement.

The Dubliner, which opened in Washington, DC about 50 years in the past and has a number of logos and its personal whiskey, is demanding that the brand new Boston pub change its identify and hand over the entire earnings that it has made since opening final fall. 

The lawsuit was filed within the US District Courtroom in Boston on March 14, Common Hub reported.

Courtroom paperwork present that the DC pub sought to settle the matter amicably through a stop and desist letter issued to Oran McGonagle, Will McCarthy, and Aidan McGee of The Dubliner in Boston in October.

The letter mentioned partially: “It has come to our consumer’s consideration that your organization not too long ago started working a bar and restaurant below the identify The Dubliner in Boston, MA, which additionally serves our consumer’s model of Irish whiskey.

“These makes use of of Dubliner has not been licensed by our consumer and your organization is on no account affiliated with our consumer.

“Accordingly, your organization’s use of Dubliner is more likely to trigger confusion, mistake and/or deception among the many related customers, and is more likely to create the misunderstanding that The Dubliner in Boston, MA is in some way affiliated or related to Dubliner, Inc. and its Dubliner model.”

The DC pub mentioned it will be “prepared to think about the matter closed” if the Boston pub confirmed in writing that it will discontinue using the Dubliner identify and provided a interval of 60 days to section out using the identify.

Of their lawsuit filed on March 14, the DC pub is looking for precise compensatory damages, together with however not restricted to, the defendants’ earnings and the plaintiff’s damages, in an quantity to be decided at trial.

The Dubliner in Boston has been having fun with a profitable run since opening final fall, in line with Eater Boston. The pub has obtained widespread approval for its culinary choices offered by chef Aidan McGee and claims to serve “Boston’s finest pint of Guinness.”

Positioned in Heart Plaza, the pub has already constructed a repute for its reside music, together with a shock pop-up look by Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy on March 19.

In the meantime, The Dubliner in Washington, DC is positioned within the Phoenix Park Resort and in addition has a repute for its reside music choices. The older Dubliner says it’s “one in all America’s largest purveyors of Guinness Stout and the one purveyor of Auld Dubliner Amber Ale.”

The Dubliner is a standard identify for Irish pubs world wide, with Dubliner Irish pubs present in New York, Prague, Bratislava, and Dallas, in addition to Iraq and Bolivia.