Legal Opinion
Perini Corporation v. Perini Construction, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1990No. 89-2854PublishedCited by 626 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
In an attempt to find an answer to Shakespeare’s query “What’s in a name?” a well-established construction firm, Perini Corporation, instituted a trade name and service mark infringement suit against the Perini Construction Company (“Perini Construction”) of Hagerstown, Maryland. The district court granted Perini Corporation’s motion for summary judgment, holding that Perini Corporation had established a secondary meaning in the surname “Peri-ni” as used in the construction industry and that Perini Construction’s use of that name in providing its services created a…
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