TODAY’S TRADEMARK – MONOFLO

The MONOFLO mark is filed in the category of Machinery Products . The legal correspondent for MONOFLO trademark is Gregory L. Maag, Based on MONO PUMPS LIMITED, the MONOFLO trademark is used in the following business: industrial, chemical and municipal pumps; namely, progressing cavity pumps, wide throat positive feed pumps, cavity positive displacement pumps and parts therefor .

 KKG’s misrepresentations concerning its relationship with Monoflo, like the misrepresentation about trademark rights in Computer Associates International, Inc., are not actionable under Section 43(a) because they are not made “in connection with any goods or services.” Competition is injured, for example, where a firm threatens a competitor’s customers with suit for patent or trademark infringement or trade secret misappropriation for the purpose of inducing these customers to deal with the threatening firm rather than its competitor. But here the threats were directed only at Monoflo and not at its customers or others, and they were unconnected to any product or service. There was, therefore, no injury to competition, especially as Monoflo confirms that it perceived these implausible threats as groundless [Monoflo Intern., Inc. v. Sahm, 726 F. Supp. 121 (E.D. Va. 1989)].

The MONOFLO trademark was assigned a Serial Number #75593983 – by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).