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Bell to appeal dismissal of Able Engineering suit
On September 16 Bell Helicopter Textron officially filed its intent to appeal the dismissal of a lawsuit the OEM had filed against Able Engineering and Com

On September 16 Bell Helicopter Textron officially filed its intent to appeal the dismissal of a lawsuit the OEM had filed against Able Engineering and Component Services, a Phoenix component overhaul facility. The U.S. District Court Western District of Washington at Seattle dismissed the suit August 15.

It was in July last year that Bell Helicopter originally filed the lawsuit against Able, claiming that the component overhaul shop violated its trademark protection. The suit, announced to the press as part of an “anti-piracy” campaign, claimed that once Able had overhauled a Bell component (such as a transmission case), that component ceased to be a Bell product and could not carry the Bell logo or trademark.