MSD Ignition has obtained a Permanent Federal Injunction against Procomp Electronics, Inc. Procomp manufactured an ignition that was confusingly similar in appearance to the well known red housing of MSD’s 6AL Ignition Control. With more and more infringement in the aftermarket, MSD’s top brass got fed up and took the matter to the courts.

MSD Ignition has obtained a Permanent Federal Injunction against Procomp Electronics, Inc. Procomp manufactured an ignition that was confusingly similar in appearance to the well known red housing of MSD’s 6AL Ignition Control. With more and more infringement in the aftermarket, MSD’s top brass got fed up and took the matter to the courts.

In the end, a permanent injunction was granted. This means that, “Procomp, including its parent company, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliated, successors and assigns, and any person acting in concert with them are immediately prohibited from manufacturing, selling, distributing, marketing or offering any ignition or similar product that utilizes a design identical to or otherwise confusingly similar to” the design of MSD’s labels or the design of the distinctive housing of MSD’s Ignition controls, including MSD’s 6AL Ignition Control.