SYRACUSE, N.Y. – In a David versus Goliath trademark infringement battle between a multi-national conglomerate and a much smaller adversary, a Northern District federal judge has issued a Solomonic decision.
Chief Judge Frederick J. Scullin’s split-the-baby ruling on pretrial motions allows Tyco International to continue marketing its trademark healthcare products. But it also prohibits the company from expanding the use of the mark into the market where the Tycos trademark has for decades been a common label on stethoscopes and sphygmomanometers.
