Truebro Inc. won its patent infringement and false advertising lawsuit against Plumberex Specialty Products Inc. on March 9. Magistrate Judge Charles B. Swartwood III, of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, awarded Truebro $2.1 million for damages and attorneys' fees and expenses.
The judge ruled that Plumberex “deliberately copied” Truebro's Lav-Guard® product and ordered Plumberex to immediately stop the sale of its Pro-2000 products and any other products infringing Truebro's patents. Altogether, the court found that Plumberex infringed on 32 claims of six patents in the Truebro patent estate.