United States Seventh Circuit

Representation agreement, under which the plaintiff would receive commissions for trademark licensing agreements it negotiated on behalf of defendant vehicle manufacturer, did not entitle the plaintiff to a commission when the manufacturer entered into a joint venture agreement, essentially transferring its entire business, including its trademark, to a third party.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/07/2002
• Decided 03/15/2002
• Published 03/15/2002

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marc S. Dreier, argued, Dreier & Baritz, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark D. Boveri and Patrick D. Murphy, argued, Boveri Murphy Rice Ryan & LaDue, South Bend, IN, for Defendant-Appellee., Victoria L. Nilles, argued, Barnes & Thornburg, South Bend, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.