Legal Opinion

Omron Healthcare, Inc. v. MacLaren Exports Limited

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 27, 1994No. 93-2965PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A few years ago the Marshall Baby Products Division of Omron Healthcare became the exclusive distributor, in the United States, of baby strollers manufactured by Restair Maclaren Limited, a British firm. The contract allowed Maclaren to cancel on 90 days’ notice. Disappointed by Omron’s sales, Maclaren gave notice terminating the distributorship as of January 22, 1993. One of Omron’s employees left to create a new firm, KidCo, which became Maclaren’s U.S. distributor. Omron noticed that KidCo’s strollers identified Omron as the distributor, and it sued Maclaren for…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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