Duct-O-Wire Company, a California Corporation v. U.S. Crane, Incorporated, an Ohio Corporation and Darryl W. Iles

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a suspiciously clever business practice. A company, U.S. Crane, built its business by subscribing to the expired phone numbers of other companies. One of these companies, the Duct-O-Wire Company, found out that U.S. Crane had subscribed to its expired phone number (the “old number”). Duct-O-Wire brought this lawsuit to stop U.S. Crane’s use of its old number and to recover damages it claims it has incurred because of U.S. Crane’s scheme. As part of its suit, Duct-O-Wire sought a preliminary injunction against U.S. Crane. The district court granted…