April 16, 2025
A North Carolina federal judge tossed a Tar Heel State weight loss clinic's trademark infringement suit, calling the clinic's mark "relatively weak" and finding it has "very little similarity" to the purportedly infringing mark used by the hospital and healthcare provider it sued.
October 21, 2024
A North Carolina hospital and healthcare provider don't have to stop using the trademarks targeted in a weight loss clinic's infringement suit, a federal judge ruled Monday, finding that the clinic will not suffer significant consequences absent the immediate relief.
October 17, 2024
A North Carolina hospital and healthcare provider can't pursue a trademark fraud counterclaim in a weight loss clinic's infringement dispute but can assert the claim as an affirmative defense, a federal judge ruled.
October 08, 2024
A North Carolina federal judge chastised a weight loss center, a hospital and a community health provider for their bids to seal a large swath of information in a trademark infringement lawsuit, invoking the secretive medieval court that gave rise to the phrase "star chamber."
April 11, 2023
A North Carolina weight loss and aesthetic center has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against a hospital and community health provider alleging that they're in cahoots to siphon patients away by creating a collaboration with a similar name as the center.