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Breach of Contract Licensees License Agreements

Lathrop GPM

New Jersey Federal Court Grants Licensor’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Finds Licensee and Guarantors Liable for...

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In Days Inns Worldwide, Inc. v. 4200 Rose Hospitality LLC, 2025 WL 2450755 (D.N.J. Aug. 25, 2025), Days Inns brought claims for contractual indemnification pursuant to a license agreement, common law/equitable...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Cookie Crumbles Against Injunction Granted to Terminated Trademark Licensee

Concluding that a terminated exclusive trademark licensee failed to establish the elements required to impose a preliminary injunction, the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit reversed the district court’s grant of a...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Forum Selection Clause Prohibits Filing IPR and PGR Petitions

In a non-precedential opinion, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s grant of preliminary injunction requiring a licensee to withdraw its inter partes review (IPR) and post grant review...more

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Franchisor 101: Lesson in License Agreements

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The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld summary judgment for franchisor Buffalo Wild Wings (“BWW”) rejecting a restaurant operator’s counterclaims for wrongful termination, malicious prosecution, and breach of...more

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Franchisor 101: Termination Is Not Enforcement

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A federal district court upheld an arbitration panel’s decision to deny attorneys’ fees to Benihana, even though Benihana won a dispute with its licensee. The licensee started arbitration claiming Benihana breached the...more

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