Tefal, S.A. And Royal Chambord, Inc. v. Products International Company, a Partnership Also Known as Picam Products and as Prescott Adams & Nolan

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs are Tefal, S.A., a French corporation and Royal Chambord, a New Jersey corporation with its corporate headquarters in that state. Tefal is the registered owner of the United States trademark “T — FAL” for kitchen and cooking utensils. Plaintiff, Royal Cham-bord, is the sole United States distributor of Tefal products. The defendants are Products International Company (Pi-cam), a partnership of two California corporations, the individual corporations comprising the partnership and Bernard Lavitch, the General Manager of Picam. Plaintiffs sued…