OTR WHEEL ENGINEERING v. WEST WORLDWIDE SERVICES

Nos. 16-35897, 16-35936.

897 F.3d 1008 (2018)

OTR WHEEL ENGINEERING, INC.; Blackstone/OTR, LLC; F.B.T. Enterprises, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. WEST WORLDWIDE SERVICES, INC.; Samuel J. West, individually, and his marital community; SSL China, LLC; Qingdao STW Tire Co. Ltd.; SSL Holdings, Inc., Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 24, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Marie Lebron-Dykeman (argued), R. Scott Johnson , and Jonathan L. Kennedy , McKee Voorhees & Sease P.L.C., Des Moines, Iowa; John J. White Jr. and Kevin B. Hansen , Livengood Alskog PLLC, Kirkland, Washington; for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Joel David Bertocchi (argued), Kimberly A. Jansen , and Jeffrey S. Dixon , Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Robert J. Carlson , Lee & Hayes PLLC, Seattle, Washington; for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Richard R. Clifton, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

OTR Wheel and Samuel West are competitors in the business of selling industrial tires.1 West asked one of OTR's suppliers to provide him with sample tires from OTR's molds, and he asked the supplier to remove OTR's identifying information from the tires. West wanted to use the...

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