In 2022, Liberty Tax Services sued AMC over a fictional tax business in the hit TV show “Better Call Saul.” On Monday, a judge dismissed the case.
,” were introduced to the Kettlemans in 2015 during Season 1. In the inaugural episode, the couple is considering hiring a lawyer after Craig Kettleman uses his position as the county treasurer to embezzle $1.6 million in taxpayer money. To achieve his own ends, lawyer Jimmy McGill, the protagonist played by Bob Odenkirk, all but forces Craig to take a plea deal requiring that he return the money and endure a 16-month prison sentence.
“Out of all the names Defendants could have used for the tax business portrayed in Episode 2, they decided not to be original at all, but instead rip off the famous Liberty Tax trademarks, which have been used for over 25 years,” Liberty’s lawsuit alleged.
The judge sided with AMC, writing that, given the character’s recent release from prison, “the reference to ‘Sweet Liberty’ is clearly ironic and closely related to Craig Kettleman’s role in the series. And, while such patriotic imagery “closely resembles” what Liberty uses in the real world, it does so with a completely different aim, the judge wrote. AMC is using it to tell a story about morally dubious characters swindling people under the guise of patriotism; Liberty does so in the real world to market its tax preparation services, he added.
Gardephe dismissed Liberty’s case without prejudice, giving the company a chance to pursue it in state court.
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