July 22, 2014
Private equity-owned Japanese restaurant chain Benihana Inc. escaped two separate suits Tuesday after a Delaware federal judge agreed to dismiss both Benihana of Tokyo Inc.'s claims that it violated a merger agreement with foreign trademark applications and a defamation suit lodged by the restaurant founder's widow.
December 14, 2011
A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday trimmed foreign trademark claims and a breach of contract claim from a lawsuit over the rights to the Benihana restaurant name brought by Benihana of Tokyo Inc. against Benihana Inc.