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BARCAMERICA INTERN. v. TYFIELD IMPORTERS, INC.

No. 01-15973.

289 F.3d 589 (2002)

BARCAMERICA INTERNATIONAL USA TRUST, a California Trust, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant, v. TYFIELD IMPORTERS, INC., a corporation; Cantine Leonardo Da Vinci Soc. Coop., a.r.l., an entity of Italy, Defendants-counter-claimants-Appellees, v. George Gino Barca, Third-party-defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Sutton (argued), San Francisco, CA, for Appellant Barcamerica International USA Trust.

Julius Rabinowitz (argued), Perla M. Kuhn, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York, NY, Thadd A. Blizzard, Weintraub, Genshlea & Sproul, Sacramento, CA, for Appellee Tyfield Importers, Inc. and Appellee Cantine Leonardo Da Vinci Soc. Coop. a.r.l.

Thadd A. Blizzard, Weintraub, Genshlea & Sproul, Sacramento, CA, for Appellee Tyfield Importers, Inc.

John R. Harrison, Jr., Sacramento, CA, for Third-Party Defendant George Gino Barca.

Before: O'SCANNLAIN and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.

We must decide whether a company engaged in "naked licensing" of its trademark, thus resulting in abandonment of the mark and ultimately its cancellation.

I

This case involves a dispute over who may use the "Leonardo Da Vinci" trademark for wines.

A

Barcamerica International USA Trust ("Barcamerica") traces its rights in the Leonardo Da Vinci mark to a February 14, 1984 registration granted by the United...

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