MWS WIRE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. CALIFORNIA FINE WIRE CO., INC.

Nos. 85-6359, 85-6396.

797 F.2d 799 (1986)

MWS WIRE INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, and Cross-Appellee, v. CALIFORNIA FINE WIRE CO., INC., Defendant, Appellee, and Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Harris, Koppel & Harris, Westlake Village, Cal., for plaintiff, appellant, and cross-appellee.

I. Morley Drucker, Howard N. Sommers, Drucker & Sommers, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendant, appellee, and cross-appellant.

Before FARRIS and CANBY, Circuit Judges and INGRAM, District Judge.


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...

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