In a lawsuit filed Nov. 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, KFC has accused fellow fast-food fried chicken purveyor Church's Texas Chicken of violating its trademark rights by using the phrase "Original Recipe" in its advertisements and promotions.

On behalf of all fried chicken lovers out there, we take it personally when another company tries to claim our iconic taste and branding as their own.'

Fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC recently accused Church’s Texas Chicken of infringing on its trademark by using the phrase “Original Recipe” in its marketing materials.

Church's Chicken has recently begun advertising some new chicken, bragging about the fact that they've gone back to the "original recipe." This is famously what KFC calls its fried chicken, in reference to Harland Sanders' original recipe.

The San Antonio-born brand has been celebrating the return of its "legendary original recipe" in recent marketing.

KFC has sued Church’s Texas Chicken, accusing the rival fast-food chain of violating its trademark rights in the phrase “Original Recipe.”

KFC fires back at Church's Texas Chicken with "Original Recipe" lawsuit, accusing infringement of its iconic catchphrase.

KFC is taking one of its smaller rivals to court, suing Church's Texas Chicken for allegedly violating its trademark rights by using the phrase "original recipe" in pitching its fried poultry products.

The phrase "Our original recipe is back" doesn't seem a likely one to inspire litigation, and yet here we are. As CNN reports, iconic purveyor of all things fried chicken, KFC, has filed a lawsuit against Church's Texas Chicken—not over its swiping of the fast-food holy grail of 11 herbs and spices (which remains a state,

KFC has filed a lawsuit against Church's Texas Chicken for allegedly violating its trademark rights by using the term "original recipe" in its advertising.