Salt Lick impostor? BBQ giant takes aim at same-named sausage company

Salt Lick BBQ is picking a legal fight with a Georgia company it claims is infringing on its name and reputation. In a lawsuit filed in Texas’ Western District U.S. Court, the Driftwood restaurant chain claims that the Salt Lick Sausage Co. of Cordele, Georgia, is violating the Central Texas company’s trademark by offering barbecue products for sale via its website www.saltlicksausage.com, which is similar in nature to www.saltlickbbq.com. Salt Lick claims the Georgia company is using marks…