Legal Opinion
NEC Electronics v. CAL Circuit Abco
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1987No. Nos. 86-6300, 86-6456PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
A Japanese manufacturer of computer chips, NEC Corporation (NEC-Japan), assigned its United States trademark rights to its California subsidiary, NEC Electronics (NEC-USA). Defendant, CAL Circuit Abco (Abco), engages in “parallel importation” of NEC-Japan’s chips: it buys them abroad at the lower prices there prevalent, and then imports and sells them here. NEC-USA sued for trademark infringement under the Lanham Act. On pre-trial motions, the district court held for plaintiff and enjoined defendant from selling any more of the foreign-purchased chips. We denied…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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