'Better Call Saul' creators beat Liberty Tax's defamation, trademark lawsuit

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NEW YORK : Better call this: Case dismissed.The creators of the hit crime drama 'Better Call Saul' on Monday won the dismissal of a defamation and trademark infringement lawsuit by Liberty Tax Service for depicting a shady fictional tax firm that appeared to resemble its own.U.S. District Judge Pau

The creators of the hit crime drama"Better Call Saul" on Monday won the dismissal of a defamation and trademark infringement lawsuit by Liberty Tax Service for depicting a shady fictional tax firm that appeared to resemble its own.

"Better Call Saul" starred Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman, a corrupt lawyer also known as Jimmy McGill. "The Kettlemans' use of plaintiff's trade dress is a gaudy and shabby appropriation of patriotic imagery that highlights their hypocrisy and the tawdry nature of their crimes, all of which has genuine relevance to [the] story," the judge wrote.

 

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