DES MOINES, Iowa Maytag may have to change the name of a new kitchen appliances.
That’s after a small business owner in New Hampshire won a trademark infringement case against the Iowa appliance maker.
A federal jury in Concord, New Hampshire, has found in favor of Attrezzi Fine Kitchen Accessories.
Maytag’s Jenn-Air division rolled out its Attrezzi line of mixers and blenders in 2003.
The kitchen store opened a year earlier, and owner Jennifer Slade sued. She wanted one and a-half (m) million dollars — half of Maytag’s revenue on Jenn-Air Attrezzi products.
However, the jury awarded Slade only 54-hundred dollars. That’s amount of money it cost her to file her challenge.
Maytag’s attorney says the company will ask the judge to reconsider the verdict.
From WHO TV