Legal Opinion
Sunstar, Inc. v. Alberto-Culver Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 28, 2009No. 07-3288, 07-3289, 08-3835, 08-3836, 08-3931, 08-3936PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an immense, unwieldy, complex, multiparty commercial case, now in its ninth year and on its second district judge. The case has been protracted unduly and should probably have been resolved on summary judgment years ago. The principal issues concern the interpretation of a trademark licensing agreement and Japanese trademark law. In 1980, AlbertoCulver, a major U.S. producer of hair-care and skin-care products (its home page, under hair-care brands, states that “Alberto V05 — -the company’s flagship brand after 53 years remains a favorite of millions of women and…
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