<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Footnotes / references </Td> </Tr> <P> Domino's Pizza Inc. is a large American pizza restaurant chain founded in 1960 . The corporation is headquartered at the Domino's Farms Office Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States . </P> <P> In 1960, Tom Monaghan and his brother, James, purchased DomiNick's, a small pizza store at 301 West Cross Street in Ypsilanti, Michigan, near Eastern Michigan University . The deal was secured by a $500 down payment, and the brothers borrowed $900 to pay for the store . The brothers planned to split the work hours evenly, but James didn't want to quit his job as a full - time postman to keep up with the demands of the new business . Within eight months, James traded his half of the business to Tom for the Volkswagen Beetle they used for pizza deliveries . By 1965, Tom Monaghan had purchased two additional pizzerias; he now had a total of three locations in the same county . Monaghan wanted the stores to share the same branding, but the original owner forbade him from using the DomiNick's name . One day an employee returned from a pizza delivery and suggested the name Domino's . Monaghan immediately loved the idea and officially renamed the business Domino's Pizza, Inc. in 1965 . </P> <P> The company logo originally had three dots, representing the three stores in 1965 . Monaghan planned to add a new dot with the addition of every new store, but this idea quickly faded, as Domino's experienced rapid growth . Domino's Pizza opened its first franchise location in 1967 and by 1978, the company expanded to 200 stores . In 1975, Domino's faced a lawsuit by Amstar Corporation, the maker of Domino Sugar, alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition . On May 2, 1980, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found in favor of Domino's Pizza . </P>

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