Alabama Lock & Key Co. v. Birmingham Lock & Key, Inc.

SHORES, Justice.

The plaintiff, Alabama Lock and Key Company, Inc., is a domestic corporation that has been in business for over 50 years. The defendant, Birmingham Lock and Key, Inc., is a competing domestic corporation owned by a former employee of the plaintiff. Both corporations do business in Jefferson County, Alabama.

In January 1987, the defendant began to use the name “Alabama Locksmith Services” and in July 1988 listed that name in the Birmingham telephone directory. In March 1989, the defendant listed “Alabama Locksmith Services” in the business section of the Birmingham telephone…