BANCROFT & MASTERS, INC. v. AUGUSTA NAT. INC.

No. 99-15099.

223 F.3d 1082 (2000)

BANCROFT & MASTERS, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AUGUSTA NATIONAL INC., a Georgia corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas A. Charkin, Peninsula IP Group, Morgan Hill, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Carla B. Oakley, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: SNEED, SCHROEDER, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


Opinion By Judge SCHROEDER; Concurrence by Judge SNEED.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

This is a trademark dispute. The principal issue is whether the district court in California has personal jurisdiction over the defendant, a Georgia corporation. We hold that the district court can exercise specific jurisdiction over this suit because the complaint alleges the defendant engaged in wrongful conduct that individually targeted the plaintiff in California.

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