--- description: The popular West Coast burger joint says DoorDash is using their trademarks illegally. title: In-N-Out Sues to Stop Startup From Delivering Its Food image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt748a61c23e2d798f/69886552428a9e12c1ccf4d7/150924_em_fastfoodathome.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # In-N-Out Sues to Stop Startup From Delivering Its Food by [Katie Little / CNBC](/author/nbc-news/) ## Katie Little / CNBC Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2015 6:12 PM CUT  In-N-Out Burger In-N-Out BurgerAlamy by [Katie Little / CNBC](/author/nbc-news/) ## Katie Little / CNBC Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2015 6:12 PM CUT Popular West Coast burger chain In-N-Out has filed a lawsuit against delivery startup DoorDash for delivering its burgers, claiming it has asked the service repeatedly to cease selling its dishes. “We have asked DoorDash several times to stop using our trademarks and to stop selling our food,” the restaurant’s general counsel, Arnie Wensinger, told CNBC in an email. “Unfortunately, they have continued to prominently use our trademarks and serve our food to customers who believe that we are responsible for their delivery. Prior to filing the lawsuit, we tried contacting them several more times but they never responded to our… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News._](http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/n-out-sues-startup-doordash-block-delivery-its-burgers-n462231?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4110433/in-n-out-sues-to-stop-startup-from-delivering-its-food/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4110433/in-n-out-sues-to-stop-startup-from-delivering-its-food/"},"headline":"In-N-Out Sues to Stop Startup From Delivering Its Food","datePublished":"2015-11-12T18:12:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:34:28.798Z","description":"The popular West Coast burger joint says DoorDash is using their trademarks illegally","url":"https://time.com/4110433/in-n-out-sues-to-stop-startup-from-delivering-its-food/","keywords":["Food","Technology","Startups","lawsuits","burgers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt748a61c23e2d798f/69886552428a9e12c1ccf4d7/150924_em_fastfoodathome.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Little / CNBC"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt748a61c23e2d798f/69886552428a9e12c1ccf4d7/150924_em_fastfoodathome.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"150924_EM_FastFoodAtHome","caption":"In-N-Out Burger","creditText":"Alamy","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4110433/in-n-out-sues-to-stop-startup-from-delivering-its-food/","name":"In-N-Out Sues to Stop Startup From Delivering Its Food"}}]}] ```