LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP. v. GOVINDARAJ

No. 16-1703.

931 F.3d 259 (2019)

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Krishnamurthy GOVINDARAJ, Former President, Life Technologies Corporation, a Maryland Corporation, Party-in-Interest - Appellant, and Life Technologies Corporation, Montgomery County, Maryland, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 24, 2019.

Amended: August 7, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael R. Williams , BUSH SEYFERTH & PAIGE PLLC, Kalamazoo, Michigan, for Appellant. Meghan Canty Murphey , THEODORA ORINGHER PC, Costa Mesa, California, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Brittney D. Kohn , BUSH SEYFERTH & PAIGE PLLC, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant. Matthew D. Murphey , THEODORA ORINGHER PC, Costa Mesa, California, for Appellee.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge Keenan wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Quattlebaum joined.


The plaintiff in this case, Life Technologies Corp., filed a complaint against another corporation of the same name (the defendant corporation, or the defendant), alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1)(A). The plaintiff obtained an injunction...

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