An interesting case arose in the State of Florida involving the sale of assets of a security alarm company who was enjoined and prohibited from using certain sales profits. The company that was enjoined sold a number of its customer accounts, rental leases, and other assets from the company subject to the injunction.
The plaintiff originally filed a complaint against the selling alarm company for violations of the Lanham Act, alleging that the alarm company made false statements to the plaintiff’s customers to trick them into signing contracts with a different security alarm company. The lawsuit was settled by agreeing to an injunction, which prohibited the company from making false statements about the plaintiff and from training “any person who may sell for or solicit customer(s) on behalf of the defendant alarm company to violate the terms of the permanent injunction.”