Burlington bakery looses suit over name
On Monday district judge Michelle Tannehall threw out the second effort at litigation by Joan Sommer, owner of Burlington-based bakery "My Little Cupcake". Summer has been more than vocal in her effort to stop local businessman Amir Hadjera from establishing a rival bakery on Church Street that he plans to name "My Medium-sized Cupcake", and has twice tried to use the courts to prohibit him from using a name so similar to that of her business. The ruling stated that there is "no evidence that the similarity in names was anything more than a coincidence", an argument that Hadjera has adamantly defended all along. "When I registered the business, I was trying to identify a name that best outlined our product." says Hadjera. "I had no idea that there was another bakery in town with the name "My Little Cupcake", but even if I had it would not have changed anything. Why would someone want to advertise the fact that their cupca...