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SUNSTAR, INC. v. ALBERTO-CULVER CO.

Nos. 07-3288, 07-3289, 08-3835, 08-3836, 08-3931, 08-3936.

586 F.3d 487 (2009)

SUNSTAR, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and Bank One Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Kaneda, Kosan, Kabushiki Kaisha, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip S. Beck, Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott, Chicago, IL, Timothy Patula, Patula & Associates, Chicago, IL, Robert A Schwinger, Chadbourne & Parke, New York NY, Bryan W. Leach (argued), Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellant, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Craig S. Fochler (argued), Charles R. Mandly, Jr., Foley & Lardner, LLP, Ashok M. Pinto, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Chicago, IL, John Bostjancich, Smart & Bostjancich, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before POSNER, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is an immense, unwieldy, complex, multi 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, Alberto-Culver, a major U.S. producer of hair-care and skin-care products (its home page, under hair...

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