Name Blame—A Westwood restaurant has overstayed its welcome—or, at least, overused its name—according to a lawsuit filed by the National Grange in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

In a suit filed May 27, the National Grange, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit agricultural organization, accuses Westwood Partners, operator of the Grange Restaurant in Westwood, of breach of contract, trademark infringement, unfair competition and trademark counterfeiting. The National Grange said in its complaint that the restaurant, a former licensee of the nonprofit’s trademarks, failed to live up to its agreement to pay an annual fee of $1,000 for 10 years in order to use those marks.

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