Machine Company Tells 7th Circuit Defamation Pact Did Not Include Trademark Suit

Mealey's (May 12, 2017, 10:09 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — In a May 8 brief to the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a machine company appeals a trial court’s finding that the settlement of a defamation suit with a competitor also applied to a previously issued trademark judgment between the two firms and released a judgment in the plaintiff’s favor (Engineered Abrasives Inc. v. American Machine Products & Services Inc., et al., No. 17-1429, 7th Cir.)....