Mealey's (April 26, 2018, 12:22 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey on April 23 awarded default judgment to Travelodge Hotels Inc. (THI) for damages and recurring fees owed to it by a former franchisee but found that treble damages under the Lanham Act for infringing the company’s trademarks after the defendant terminated the agreement were not warranted (Travelodge Hotels Inc. v. Wilcox Hotel LLC, et al., No. 17-0391, D. N.J., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68297)....