All the TM News You Need To Know: Big Peach Car Wash wrongfully used trademarked name, Macon judge rules

I think the the phrase is FFS

 

A Macon judge ruled against Big Peach Car Wash after a car service provider claimed the car wash used their trademarked name without consent, recent court records show. Big Peach Car Wash was ordered on Jan. 23 by Judge Marc Treadwell to remove “Express Oil Change” from its logos and signage after a company, also named Express Oil Change, claimed its trademarked name was used without its permission, according to court records. Though they were sued in May 2025, Big Peach, based in Forsyth with locations across Middle Georgia, never responded to the lawsuit, according to court records and Treadwell’s order. Express Oil, a car service provider with “over 386 locations across 19 states,” has had the phrase federally trademarked since 1989. However, the local car wash — which also offers car repair, maintenance, and oil-changing services — adopted the “Big Peach Express Oil Change” name without Express Oil’s consent around February 2025, court records show. Express Oil Change alleged that Big Peach violated the Lanham Act, which is meant to protect a trademark from being used by other companies “if such use is likely to result in consumer confusion, or if the dilution of a famous mark is likely to occur,” according to Constitutional law and Treadwell’s order.

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