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| Wolfgang Puck. Photo: Lisa Romerein. |
Minds+Machines, a company that had partnered with the Spago restaurant owner on the project, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Tuesday alleging breach of contract as well as tortious interference and fraud on the part of Puck's wife, Gelila. The suit demands $5 million from the Pucks.
Earlier this year, Wolfgang Puck and Gelila Puck had announced their partnership with the company to develop .food Internet addresses.
"This is a great way for the finest food enterprises to stand out from the crowd on the Internet," Puck said in June. "Owning a .FOOD address is like opening a business on the best street in any city in the world."
But things apparently devolved rapidly between the partners.
In the court filing, Minds+Machines allege that Puck's wife said she had top-level connections that would "result in additional top-level domain customers," but nothing panned out. The company said it had been courting big names to help them develop .fashion, .book and .music, among other domain names.
The documents also allege "Gelila Puck also spent Minds+Machines' money without permission."
The suit asks for a jury trial on the charges.
[Via Eat Me Daily]
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