date:Oct 11, 2012
Philly cheesesteaks and an apostrophe are at the heart of a legal dustup between a Philadelphia area restaurant and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Campo's Deli is suing over the right to trademark Philadelphia's Cheesesteak, following the the ultimate rejection of its 2009 application that was contested into March of this year.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office rebuffed Campo's Deli's claims on the grounds that it was too similar to the generic and widely used Philadelphia Cheeseste