Legal Opinion
Arborjet, Inc. v. Rainbow Treecare Scientific Advancements, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 16, 2015No. 14-2324PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOUTER, Associate Justice.
This appeal challenges a preliminary injunction meant to enforce a contractual agreement and prohibit a trademark violation. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I
Plaintiff-Appellee Arborjet, Inc. manufactures and sells TREE-age, an emamec-tin benzoate solution used to protect trees from various pests. Through the period from August 2008 to February 2013, Ar-borjet granted Defendant-Appellant Rainbow Treecare Scientific Advancements, Inc. an exclusive right to distribute TREE-age. Their sales agency contract included this provision:
[Rainbow] agrees, in view of the…
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