Legal Opinion
McHugh Fuller Law Group, PLLC v. PruittHealth, Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 21, 2016No. S16A0655PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
In March 2015, McHugh Fuller Law Group, PLLC (“McHugh Fuller”) began running a month-long, statewide Georgia advertising campaign targeting PruittHealth, Inc., f/k/a Pruitt Corporation and its affiliated nursing homes (collectively, “PruittHealth”). Pruitt-Health filed suit against McHugh Fuller under Georgia’s trademark anti-dilution statute, OCGA § 10-1-451 (b), in the Superior Court of Colquitt County, and the trial court entered a permanent injunction prohibiting McHugh Fuller from running ads about PruittHealth that include the company’s trade names, service marks, or…
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