Legal Opinion
Mws Wire Industries, Inc., and Cross-Appellee v. California Fine Wire Co., Inc., and Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1986No. 85-6359, 85-6396PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
On November 16, 1982, the United States Patent and Trademark Office entered the mark “MULTIFILAR” on its Principal Register, specifying that the mark was used in connection with “magnet wire.” MULTIFILAR was registered in the name of plaintiff MWS Wire Industries and was assigned Registration Number 1,216,494. In June 1983, Wire Journal International published an article authored by George L. Stewart, sales manager for defendant California Fine Wire Company in which the term “multifiler” appeared. By letter dated July 1, 1983, Michael D. Harris, counsel for MWS (1)…
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