Legal Opinion

Wolfard Glassblowing Company v. Willy Vanbragt Mary Vanbragt, Individually, and Doing Business as Zodiac Expressions

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 7, 1997No. 96-35287PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CANBY, Circuit Judge.

Willy and Mary Vanbragt, doing business as Zodiac Expressions, appeal the district court’s judgment that held them in civil contempt. The district court concluded that Zodiac had violated a consent judgment and permanent injunction that prohibited it from making or selling oil lamps that are “color-able imitations” of the Wolfard Glassblowing Company’s oil lamps. We conclude that the district court did not err in finding that Zodiac made and sold lamps that are color-able imitations of Wolfard’s lamps. The district court accordingly did not abuse its discretion in holding…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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