The small mom-and-pop shop with several locations in Houston is fighting back against a lawsuit from one of the biggest toy stores around.
Two decades of growth have taken a family, who immigrated to America, from a small space in Sharpstown to a high-profile spot in The Galleria. But that growth may be threatened by a popular chain.Attorneys for the new owners of Toys 'R' Us is turning one Houston family's American dream into a litigious nightmare. They are suing the family for copyright infringement, but the family is fighting back.
"I didn't know how to run the store. The mall manager helped a lot," Farida Afzal, who immigrated to Houston with her family from Pakistan many years ago, recalled. When Toys 'R' Us went belly up and moved out of the mall, the Galleria management gave the Afzal family a chance to expand. They moved the Toyz store to the former Toys 'R' Us location, and continued operating.
"We were very surprised because, in our opinion, the Toyz logo didn't look anything like the Toys 'R' Us logo," Lema Barazi, partner at the LloydThe family hired Barazi and fought back in federal court. Among the many filings, the family pointed out that Toys 'R' Us never cleaned or cleared their Galleria store when they went belly up. They said that they did not want to be associated with Toys 'R' Us, citing the messy bankruptcy.
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