Legal Opinion

Omega S.A. v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 20, 2015No. 11-57137, 12-56342PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by Judge NELSON; Concurrence by Judge WARDLAW.

OPINION

NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

This case involves two big commercial players: Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco”), a discount warehouse, and Omega S.A. (“Omega”), a global purveyor of luxury watches. Omega appeals the district court’s decisions granting summary judgment and attorney’s fees to Costco. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

I. ^Background

Omega manufactures luxury watches in Switzerland, which it distributes around the world. One of Omega’s high-end watches, the Seamaster, sometimes bears an…

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