SEALY MATTRESS CO. OF MICHIGAN, INC. v. SEALY, INC.

No. 85-1150.

789 F.2d 582 (1986)

SEALY MATTRESS COMPANY OF MICHIGAN, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEALY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phil C. Neal, Friedman & Koven, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

James L. Perkins, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, CUDAHY, Circuit Judge and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

In May 1984, the Sealy Mattress Company of Michigan filed this diversity suit against its licensor Sealy, Incorporated, which has its principal place of business in Chicago. Defendant manufactures bedding and related products under various Sealy United States trademarks. Plaintiff is one of its licensees and operates a plant manufacturing Sealy products in Taylor, Michigan. Since 1968 the licensing agreement between plaintiff and defendant does...

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