Legal Opinion

Butcher Co., Inc. v. Bouthot

District Court, D. Maine

Decided January 3, 2001No. CIV. 00-139-P-HPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER ON ODORITE’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

HORNBY, Chief Judge.

Primarily, this is a trademark and trade dress case under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1051 et seq. It also involves reverse passing-off, false advertising, and various state commercial tort claims. The Butcher Company, Inc. (“Butcher”), is a manufacturer of industrial cleaning supplies, including cleaning solutions, and dilution control and dispensing units for those solutions. Butcher alleges that the defendants, Guy Bouthot and Bouthot Construction, doing business as The Odor-ite Company (“Odorite”), infringed its…

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