September 23, 2021
A Florida federal judge ruled Wednesday that the MTV reality show "Floribama Shore" didn't violate the trademark rights of an oyster bar called the Flora-Bama, rejecting the case on First Amendment grounds.
October 23, 2019
MTV must face a trademark lawsuit over its reality show "Floribama Shore" after a Florida federal judge rejected its argument that its ability to use the name under the First Amendment trumps an oyster bar's trademark rights to "Flora-bama."
October 07, 2019
MTV is arguing that the First Amendment shields its ability to call one of its shows "Floribama Shore," even if a bar straddling the Florida-Alabama state line owns trademark rights to "Flora-Bama."
August 06, 2019
The company that owns the trademark rights for the Flora-Bama Lounge, a bar straddling the Alabama-Florida state line, slapped MTV with an infringement suit in Florida federal court Tuesday alleging that its reality show "Floribama Shore" knowingly trampled on its 55-year-old trademark.