Brett August and Andrew Downer at Pattishall, McAuliffe obtained judgment for $2 million in trademark infringement litigation.

Judge Elaine Bucklo of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois today awarded over $2 million to Paxar Corporation, f/k/a Monarch Marking Systems and now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avery Dennison Corp., in a lawsuit handled by Pattishall, McAuliffe. The award in this trademark infringement and unfair competition case was for damages, costs and attorneys' fees under a 1995 consent judgment against Kap Graphics, Inc., and Larry Fern. The judgment called for payments over 13 years and had a liquidated-damages provision. Although initially expressing doubts about jurisdiction and the liquidated damages provision, today Judge Bucklo entered an order that states in part:

"This Court has concluded that it does have jurisdiction to enforce the settlement because it was incorporated into a consent judgment. [Cites omitted.] Although harsh, the parties agreed that in the event of any default, Kap Graphics would be liable not only for the amount in default . but for $2,000,000.00 in liquidated damages, as well as attorney's fees and costs."

The case is Monarch Marking Systems v. Kap Graphics Inc., et al., 1:93-cv-5082.