The Truth About Buddy Valastro's Legal Battles

Several years before his D.W.I. arrest, Buddy Valastro was involved in a legal dispute with Masters Software Inc., which accused him and TLC's parent company, Discovery Communications, of having no right to use the Cake Boss name. According to 4 NBC New York, trouble arose in July 2010 when the software company, which launched its

Several years before his D.W.I. arrest, Buddy Valastro was involved in a legal dispute with Masters Software Inc., which accused him and TLC's parent company, Discovery Communications, of having no right to use the Cake Boss name. According to 4 NBC New York, trouble arose in July 2010 when the software company, which launched its bakery business management software, called CakeBoss, in 2007 argued that the show (which debuted in 2009) needed to find another name.

Co-owners Kelley and Jon Masters told a Seattle court that show producers never bothered to check the name's availability and that their website, cakeboss.com, was regularly inundated with requests geared at Cake Boss, including cake orders. The law appeared to be on the couple's side and a judge went as far as to forbid Valastro and Discovery from using the name while the dispute was ongoing, but soon, all was settled. In October 2010, Masters Software's attorney, K.D. Long, revealed (via NJ.com) that "the parties have agreed to resolve the matter amicably and in a confidential settlement agreement."

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