William A. Schroeder, Etc. v. Siro J. Lotito, Jr.

In this case involving an infringement upon a registered trademark, the district court found that “the defendant’s use of an ersatz union bug in the hope of attracting printing business, especially political printing business, constituted a violation both of 15 U.S.C. § 1114, and 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), as well as being in violation of the Rhode Island State Trademark statute and the state common law of unfair competition.” The court issued an injunction restraining the defendant from use of this or any other ersatz union bug and, in a separate decision, awarded the plaintiffs an accounting of…