United States Seventh Circuit

Judgment of the district court that a credit card company did not violate the terms of a settlement agreement in a trademark dispute by using the word "blue" on one of its credit cards is vacated and remanded where the use of the word violated the settlement agreement, but the doctrine of laches would bar relief if the card company relied to its detriment on plaintiff's inaction in enforcing the agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/30/2006
• Published 10/30/2006

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James M. Amend, Richard C. Godfrey (argued) R. Christopher Heck, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kimball R. Anderson, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Virginia Richard, New York, NY, Louis Smith (argued), Greenberg Traurig, Florham Park, NJ, for Defendant-Appellee.