Legal Opinion
Sengoku Works Ltd. v. RMC International, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1996No. Nos. 95-55990, 95-56087PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
RMC International Ltd., and its officers Michael Resmo and Joseph Malaga, appeal the district court’s judgment, following a jury trial, in favor of Sengoku Works Ltd. for trademark and trade dress infringement under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1127, and breach of contract under California law. RMC had served since 1985 as exclusive United States distributor of kerosene heaters manufactured by Sengoku, a Japanese corporation, and these charges arose in connection with RMC’s decision to market kerosene heaters from another source.
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