3M Settles With Mask Merchant That Called Claims Distraction (1)

3M Co. settled a trademark case against Geftico LLC for alleged unauthorized sales of 3M’s N95 respirator masks at inflated prices during the Covid-19 crisis, according to a Thursday filing in Florida federal court.

Geftico suggested May 8 that 3M’s campaign against alleged price-gougers was an attempt to “take the heat off” 3M for “the debacle of selling U.S.-manufactured respirators to Canada and Latin America rather than to the United States” during the pandemic. Most of the companies sued by 3M haven’t responded to its claims.

Judge Carlos E. Mendoza granted 3M a temporary restraining order April 30 to stop ...