Executive Summary

Cosamin DS joint health supplement maker Nutramax is challenging a trademark application for Nutrimax in the U.S. for the same class of products registered under its brand name, the Edgewood, Md.-based company announces. The firm filed an opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as well as a court complaint citing trademark infringement. The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland July 17 granted the firm's motion for judgment by default effectively barring Los Angeles-based Nutrimax USA from advertising, promoting and/or offering to market any dietary supplement products containing the word "Nutrimax," and requires it to destroy all documents containing the word and modify all Web sites and electronic files...