3M Wins Injunction Against Mask Seller Accused of Price Gouging

3M Wins Injunction Against Mask Seller Accused of Price Gouging
N95 masks at a 3M lab in Maplewood, Minnesota, on March 4, 2020. Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters
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NEW YORK—3M Co won an injunction from a federal judge against a New Jersey company it accused of illegally using its trademarks to sell 3M-branded N95 respirator masks at inflated prices to exploit the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan on May 4 blocked Performance Supply LLC of Englishtown, New Jersey from using 3M’s name and logo, or posing as an authorized 3M distributor, to help sell masks.