The Kitchen, Wolfgang Puck embroiled in trademark dispute

BOULDER — The Kitchen Café LLC, parent company of Boulder entrepreneur Kimbal Musk’s chain of restaurants, has entered into a trademark dispute with world-renowned chef Wolfgang Puck.

The Kitchen filed a notice of opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week alleging that Puck’s use of The Kitchen by Wolfgang Puck and The Kitchen Counter by Wolfgang Puck on his own new franchises infringes on the brand that Boulder-based The Kitchen has been building since its first restaurant opened in 2004.

Musk said in an interview Friday that he was shocked to learn last September that Puck’s company was opening…