Legal Opinion
Granite State Trade School, LLC v. New Hampshire School of Mechanical Trades, Inc.
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided August 3, 2015No. Civil No. 15-cv-223-LM; No. 2015 DNH 151PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
LANDYA McCAFFERTY, District Judge.
New Hampshire, home to extensive granite formations and innumerable quarries, has long been known as the Granite State. The above-captioned dispute raises a novel, but ultimately basic question: are the terms “New Hampshire” and “Granite State” so synonymous that the public is likely to be confused by their interchangeable use in commercial advertising?
The plaintiff, Granite State Trade School, LLC (“Granite State”), and the defendant, The New Hampshire School of Mechanical Trades, Inc. (“NHSMT”), are both in the business of training plumbers, gas…
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