TREASURY ENT. SOJUZPLODOIMPORT v. SPI SPIRITS

Docket No. 11-4109-CV.

726 F.3d 62 (2013)

FEDERAL TREASURY ENTERPRISE SOJUZPLODOIMPORT, and OAO "Moscow Distillery Cristall," Plaintiffs-Appellants, Zakrytoe Aktsionernoe Obschestvo, "Liviz," Plaintiff, v. SPI SPIRITS LIMITED, SPI Group SA, Yuri Shefler, Alexey Oliynik, Allied Domecq International Holdings B.V., Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine USA, Inc., DBA Allied Domecq Spirits, USA, William Grant & Sons USA, William Grant & Sons, Inc., Spirits International B.V., fka Spirits International N.V., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Sullivan ( Marc L. Greenwald , Jonathan Oblak , on the brief), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, N.Y. ( John B. Quinn , David W. Quinto , David H. Bromberg , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Redwood Shores, CA, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Eugene D. Gulland ( Oscar M. Garibaldi , Bingham B. Leverich , Hope Hamilton , Kerry L. Monroe , on the brief), Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC ( Emily Johnson Henn , Michael C. Nicholson , Covington & Burling LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Spirits International B.V., SPI Spirits Limited, SPI Group SA, Yuri Shefler and Alexey Oliynik.

David H. Bernstein ( Michael Schaper , on the brief), Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Allied Domecq International Holdings B.V. and Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine USA, Inc.

Edward T. Colbert , Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, Washington, DC ( Michelle M. Marsh , Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees William Grant & Sons USA and William Grant & Sons, Inc.

Before: McLAUGHLIN, CABRANES, and CARNEY, Circuit Judges.


SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants the Federal Treasury Enterprise Sojuzplodoimport ("FTE"), a state-chartered entity of the Russian Federation, and OAO "Moscow Distillery Cristall" ("Cristall"), FTE's exclusive licensee (FTE and Cristall together, "plaintiffs") appeal from the judgment of the District Court (Daniels, Judge) dismissing their claims for trademark infringement against defendants SPI Spirits Limited and other related individuals...

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