Sabinsa Corporation manufactures and markets phytonutrients, Ayurvedic herbal extracts and specialty fine chemicals for nutritional, pharmaceutical and food industries. Sabinsa has carved a niche for itself by its extensive research support for its customers and products, and the scientific credentials of its key technical staff. Founded in 1988 by Muhammed Majeed, Ph.D., Sabinsa is a company dedicated to the principles of tradition, innovation and research. Sabinsa's efforts have begun to earn the company vast recognition, in addition to growing sales.
The Federal Court in New Jersey has denied Creative Compounds' motion to alter or amend the judgment against it and denied it a new trial in the ongoing battle arising from that company's trademark infringement of Sabinsa Corporation's ForsLean® trademark. Last year, the US District Court of New Jersey awarded Sabinsa damages because of Creative Compound's infringement of the ForsLean® trademark. Creative Compounds was ordered to pay its infringing sales profit of $139,388.40 to Sabinsa.
This ongoing battle is likely to be considered a landmark example of the tenacity with which Sabinsa defends the company's intellectual property. On January 10, 2011, the US Supreme Court denied Creative Compounds' request to review the July 2010 decision of the Third Circuit Court in Sabinsa's favor. The Third Circuit ruled that Creative Compounds infringed Sabinsa’s ForsLean® trademark because Creative Compounds created a likelihood of confusion between ForsLean® and Creative Compounds' Forsthin, both of which refer to Coleus forskohlii extract.
Sabinsa's legal representative in this case, James H. Hulme, Esquire of Arent Fox LLP in Washington, DC, said "We hope that Creative Compounds now realizes that it cannot profit from its wrongful, infringing conduct. Although Creative Compounds has thirty days to appeal this decision, we stand ready to begin collection proceedings on the judgment within two weeks."
"If anyone, anywhere in the world has any doubt how seriously we take our intellectual property, this should answer them," said Sabinsa founder Dr. Muhammed Majeed. "It is't just our investment we are protecting, but that of our customers as well, and we will never falter in that commitment."
About Sabinsa Corporation
Sabinsa's mission is to provide alternative and complementary natural products for human nutrition and well-being. Over the past 20 years, Sabinsa has brought to market more than 100 standardized botanical extracts and privately funded several clinical studies in conjunction with prestigious institutions in support of these products. With more than 100 full time scientists conducting ongoing research in India and the United States, Sabinsa continues to develop and patent phytonutrients for the world market. All products intended for human consumption are certified Kosher and Halal.