Chapter 8 - THE LIVESTREAM BECOMES EVIDENCE
Margaret’s phone recorded everything.
That was the irony.
Her lawyer told her:
“Do not delete the livestream.”
Margaret said:
“Why would I keep it?”
“Because deleting evidence after you know there may be a claim creates another problem.”
The video showed:
arrival,
property destruction,
Claire asking her to stop,
Lily crying,
Margaret continuing.
No need for interpretation.
Margaret tried one defense.
“The stand uses my family name.”
Claire’s attorney answered:
“Your surname does not give you ownership of another person’s property.”
Another:
“I paid for some of that inventory.”
She had not.
Morgan House had ordered separate wholesale batches months earlier.
Another:
“She copied our product line.”
No registered recipe patents.
No exclusive contract.
No ownership.
Margaret’s strongest argument was trademark confusion.
Morgan House.
Morgan Roadside Pantry.
Maybe consumers could confuse them.
That was a real issue.
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But trademark disputes have legal channels.
Wooden sticks are not one of them.
