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DES MOINES, Iowa ( KCCI ) -- Popeyes' corporate office has filed a federal lawsuit against Asif Poonja and Jam Equities, the owner of five Popeyes restaurants in Iowa, including one on Merle Hay Road in Des Moines, for using its trademarks and operating systems without authorization.

Court documents state that prior agreements with Popeyes have been terminated, but the restaurants continue to operate under the Popeyes brand.

The lawsuit aims to have Poonja and the equity firm discontinue the use of the brand and not operate any Popeyes restaurants within a 10-mile radius of the current locations for a two-year period.

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