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WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. v. GEN. CIRCUIT BREAKER & ELEC.

Nos. 94-56436, 94-56709, 94-56765, 94-56769, 94-56771.

106 F.3d 894 (1997)

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. GENERAL CIRCUIT BREAKER & ELECTRIC SUPPLY INC.; AC Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc.; General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc.; Xavier Contreras; Pencon International, Inc.; General Magnetics/Electric Wholesale; The Estate of Charley Contreras; Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc.; Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Appellees, Joe A. Contreras, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee. In re CIRCUIT BREAKER LITIGATION WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. AC CIRCUIT BREAKER-ELECTRIC SUPPLY, INC.; Joe A. Contreras; General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc.; Xavier Contreras; Pencon International, Inc.; The Estate of Charley Contreras; Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc.; General Magnetics/Electric Wholesale; Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. GENERAL CIRCUIT BREAKER & ELECTRIC SUPPLY INC.; Joe A. Contreras; AC Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc.; General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply Inc.; Xavier Contreras; Pencon International, Inc.; General Magnetics/Electric Wholesale; The Estate of Charley Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants, and Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc.; Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. GENERAL CIRCUIT BREAKER & ELECTRIC SUPPLY INC.; Joe A. Contreras; AC Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc.; General Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply Inc.; Xavier Contreras; Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc.; Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants, and Pencon International, Inc.; General Magnetics/Electric Wholesale; The Estate of Charley Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants. In re CIRCUIT BREAKER LITIGATION WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. GENERAL CIRCUIT BREAKER & ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO.; Xavier Contreras; AC Circuit Breaker-Electric Supply, Inc.; Joe A. Contreras; Pencon International, Inc.; The Estate of Charley Contreras; General Magnetics/Electric Wholesale; Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc.; Jaime A. Contreras, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1997.

Order Amending Caption and Denying Rehearing and Rehearing March 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory P. Stone (argued), Joseph D. Lee, and Ted G. Dane, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees.

George A. Oakes, Alan H. Stanfill (argued), and David A. Huffaker, Throckmorton, Beckstrom, Oakes & Tomassian, Pasadena, CA, for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants General Circuit Breaker & Electric Supply, Inc. and Xavier Contreras.

J. Scott Bennett, Law Offices of J. Scott Bennett, Lake Elsinore, CA, and George A. Oakes, Throckmorton, Beckstrom, Oakes & Tomassian, Pasadena, CA, for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants Panelboard Specialties Wholesale Electric, Inc. and Jaime Contreras.

Mark D. Rutter (argued), Moore, Rutter & Evans, Long Beach, CA, and Michael J. Emling, Law Offices of Michael J. Emling, Long Beach, CA, for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants Pencon International, Inc., General Magnetics/Electric Wholesale, and the Estate of Charley Contreras.

Before: BRUNETTI, TROTT and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Order Amending Caption and Denying Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc March 27, 1997.

TROTT, Circuit Judge.

I. OVERVIEW

This appeal arises from a suit brought by Westinghouse Electric Corporation ("Westinghouse") against several electronics vendors ("defendants") for reselling used Westinghouse circuit breakers after reconditioning them and attaching labels bearing the Westinghouse trademark.1 After a jury trial, the district...

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