Trademark Defendant’s Appeal Of Sanctions Rebuffed By 7th Circuit

Mealey's (December 5, 2018, 12:39 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — In a Nov. 30 ruling, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals wrote that it “cannot say” a Wisconsin federal judge abused her discretion in awarding attorney fees and costs to a plaintiff as a sanction for a defendant’s contempt of a consent judgment that resolved claims of trademark infringement (Seventh Avenue Inc. v. Shaf International Inc., No. 18-1829, 7th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 33595)....