8th Circuit Panel Affirms Grant Of Injunction Against Dry Cleaner Franchisee

(May 10, 2017, 4:19 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 28 affirmed a Minnesota federal judge’s grant of a permanent injunction enjoining a dry cleaner franchisee from using Martinizing International LLC’s trademarks but said Martinizing was not entitled to punitive damages, costs or attorney fees in its action against the franchisee and two of its employees because they agreed to cease using the marks (Martinizing International LLC v. BC Cleaners LLC, et al., No. 16-1069, 8th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 7531)....