Legal Opinion
Southern Grouts & Mortars, Inc. v. 3M Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 23, 2009No. 08-15850PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Per curiam
Southern Grouts & Mortars, Inc. sells swimming pool finishes under the trademark DIAMOND BRITE, and it would like to register and use the domain name diamondbrite.com to advertise and sell its products. The problem for Southern Grouts is that its competitor in the swimming pool finishing industry, 3M Company, owns the registration. When 3M obtained the registration for diamondbrite.com, it also had trademark rights in the DIAMOND BRITE mark, but not for use with pool finishing products. Instead, the mark was registered for use in connection with “electronically controlled display panels and…
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