Legal Opinion

Belmora, LLC. v. Bayer Consumer Care AG

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided September 6, 2018No. Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-00847PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLAUDE M. HILTON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Plaintiff-Consolidated Defendant Belmora's Motion for Summary Judgment and Defendant-Consolidated Plaintiff Bayer's Motion for Summary Judgment.

This case arises from Bayer's claims that Belmora's FLANAX trademark should be cancelled because Belmora deceived customers into thinking that its FLANAX brand of pain relief medicine is the same FLANAX brand under which Bayer has sold pain relief medicine in Mexico for decades. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ("TTAB") cancelled Belmora's trademark. Judge Gerald…

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