The parties in HomeTask Handyman Services, Inc. v. Paul Szewczyk agreed to a consent injunction, which Western District Judge Ricardo Martinez entered yesterday.
HomeTask, a franchisor of home handyman services, had alleged a number of trademark-related claims stemming from the parties’ former relationship under a franchise agreement.
The injunction enjoins Mr. Szewczyk from being associated with any handyman service business or performing any handyman services within a designated geographic area for two years. It also enjoins him from soliciting any of his former customers and from using a designated phone number to conduct business. The order requires Mr. Szewczyk to direct calls to that number to HomeTask’s toll free number.
The court previously entered a preliminary injunction in the case last October. (STL post here.)
My firm represented the plaintiff in the case. ‘Nuff said.
The case cite is HomeTask Handyman Services, Inc. v. Szewczyk, No. 07-1283 (W.D. Wash.) (Martinez, J.).