Distributor Seeks $300M in Damages After Alleged Contract Breach
A promotional products distributor is seeking $300 million from Paris Business Products Inc., Westampton, N.J., for allegedly cheating it out of commission from a new jump-starter for cars.
According to Law 360, Blink Marketing Inc., Franklin, Tenn., claimed that Paris violated the companies’ non-circumvention agreement by selling the Weego mobile jump-starter through a sales program with Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc. to automakers, including Nissan, without finalizing a commission for Blink, which introduced the product to Nissan.
“By entering into the … supplier agreement without providing for any compensation to Blink, Paris intentionally interfered with Blink’s business relationships with Nissan and Bosch,” Blink claimed in the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, according to Law 360.
Brendan Menapace is the content director for Promo+Promo Marketing.