VDF Futureceuticals, Inc. v. Stiefel Laboratories, Inc.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

In this needlessly complex case (the plaintiffs complaint is 33 pages long and consists of 184 paragraphs), with federal jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship and the governing substantive law that of Illinois, the parties are wrangling over a license agreement. The agreement — 40 pages of fine print, including numerous amendments — is between the plaintiff, VDF FutureCeuticals, Inc., and one of the three defendants, J & J Technologies, LC (the other two defendants are Stiefel Laboratories, Inc., and Joseph A. Lewis II). VDF has trademark and patent rights in…