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IN RE WHIRLPOOL CORP.

No. 09-3795.

597 F.3d 858 (2010)

In re WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Petitioner. LG Electronics, U.S.A., Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Whirlpool Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 3, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Roche (submitted), Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner and Plaintiff-Appellant

Ronald Y. Rothstein (submitted), Winston & Strawn, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Party-in-Interest and Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WOOD and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

LG Electronics, U.S.A., sued Whirlpool Corporation for infringing its trademark in a dryer that uses steam to reduce wrinkles. When it asked Whirlpool to produce communications between its attorneys and its outside advertising agencies relating to the purportedly infringing dryer, Whirlpool objected that the communications were protected by the attorney-client privilege. Whirlpool argued that the advertising agents were not third parties, to whom the privilege...

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