I.C. Marketing, Inc. v. Amos Press, Inc.

MEMORANDUM *

I.C. Marketing, Inc. (ICM) appeals the district court’s judgment, and injunction, in favor of Amos Press, Inc., in a dispute that arose after Amos refused to allow ICM to sell as an agent, subagent, or otherwise, Amos’s “Coin World” publication. We affirm.

(1) ICM asserts that the district court erred when it granted summary judgment to Amos on ICM’s claim that Amos had defamed it when Amos published warnings about ICM to those who were *673 interested in Coin World — mostly customers of Amos. We disagree. Amos had an important business interest in protecting against confusion and hi will among its customers and potential customers arising from ICM’s selling techniques. Even if some of the assertions were defamatory, Amos’ interests, the interests of its customers, and the joint interests of both, privileged Amos to make the statements it did, 1 and, on this record, it cannot be said to have abused the privileges.

(2) ICM also asserts that the district court erred when it granted summary judgment to Amos on ICM’s claim that Amos interfered with ICM’s business relations. Again, we disagree. To prevail, ICM would have to show that Amos’s actions were wrongful. See…