The plaintiff, BioFert Manufacturing Inc., purchased the assets of a bankrupt fertilizer company.
The defendants, including a former partner, started a competing business using confusingly similar names, logos, and a website.
The court found the defendants liable for trademark infringement, passing off, false description of goods, depreciation of goodwill, and copyright infringement.
The corporate defendants and the primary directing mind were held jointly and severally liable for compensatory and statutory damages.
Claims against the other individual defendants were dismissed.
