( June 26, 2026, 1:38 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — In a June 25 opinion, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a Minnesota federal judge’s dismissal of a hotel management company’s claims that a hotel chain company breached a trademark licensing agreement by allowing a competing management company to use certain marks in an exclusive geographic area; the panel agreed with the judge’s conclusion that the competing hotel management company did not use marks covered by the agreement....