Legal Opinion
Beacon Mutual Insurance v. Onebeacon Insurance Group
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 12, 2004No. 03-2671PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This is a case of first impression for this circuit on several issues under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq.
The plaintiff, formerly known as the State Compensation Insurance Fund, was chartered in 1990 by the Rhode Island legislature as the workers’ compensation insurer of last resort in the state. In 1992, it adopted the name The Beacon Mutual Insurance Company (“Beacon Mutual”) and, since then, has sold workers’ compensation insurance in Rhode Island under the marks “The Beacon Mutual Insurance Company,” “Beacon Insurance,” and “The Beacon,” with an accompanying…
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