Legal Opinion
Jeffrey Sorensen v. WD-40 Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 11, 2015No. 14-3067PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Jeffrey Sorensen is the founder and CEO of Inhibitor Technology Corporation, which produces a line of rust-inhibiting products containing a substance called volatile corrosion inhibitor (“VCI”). This line of products is branded with the federally registered trademark THE INHIBITOR. That word mark is owned by Sorensen; he also claims common law trademark rights in a design mark associated with his products, an orange-and-black crosshair.
In 2011, the WD-40 Company, the well-known . maker of spray lubricant, introduced a new sub-brand of products known as the WD-40…
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