FHI Brands, which markets professional hair care products, has announced that a lawsuit filed by Farouk Systems, Inc. against its affiliate FHI Heat, was dismissed in a Texas court of law.

"We are pleased that the Court dismissed this flawed and outrageous lawsuit," said Shauky Gulamani, President and Chief Executive Officer of FHI Brands. "Farouk Systems filed this lawsuit in order to attempt to harass us and to impair our growth. We applaud the Court's decision to see it for what it was and are gratified that this inappropriate use of the court system has failed."

According to FHI's press statement, the ruling says that Farouk Systems "failed to present evidence that raises a genuine issue of material fact regarding at least one essential element of each of its claims."

It was deterined that FHI Heat did not infringe on Farouk Systems' copyrights because there was no evidence that Farouk Systems holds valid copyrights to the works in question.

In addition, Farouk's claims of trade dress infringement related to the use of a red and black color combination was determined to be invalid, because its use was generic and not consistently used by Farouk Systems.

Last, FHI Heat did not breach a contract with Farouk Systems because no contract exists between the two parties.