Springfield daycare franchisor Little Sunshine’s Enterprises Inc. has filed federal trademark-infringement lawsuits against two former franchisees, and the defendants have responded with counterclaims.
Two suits in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri name Springfield entities Paschke Enterprises LLC and Brodersen Wyrsch LLC as defendants, and seek a combined $200,000 for alleged trademark infringement by the franchisees, which have since dropped the Little Sunshine’s name by court order.
“They initiated a cooperative royalty strike,†said Little Sunshine’s Enterprises owner Rochette Dahler, claiming the franchisees in August stopped paying her company’s 6 percent royalty fee, which amounted to $2,500 to $4,500 per month. Read full article.
