Legal Opinion

BUILDING MATERIALS CORP. OF AMERICA v. Certainteed Corp.

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided July 17, 2003No. Civ. 99-1806 (WGB)Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BASSLER, District Judge.

On this motion to enforce a settlement agreement, the Court must decide whether certain statements posted on a website operated by the defendants constitute a breach of a settlement agreement entered into by the parties in June, 1999. The parties market attic ventilation products, and the agreement prohibits the defendants from making, in words or substance, four specific claims about the plaintiffs attic vent. The plaintiff had sued the defendant alleging false and misleading advertisements in violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and related New…

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