BLUETOOTH SIG INC. v. FCA US LLC

No. 21-35561.

BLUETOOTH SIG INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FCA US LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Powell (argued), Charles H. Hooker III , Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; for Defendant-Appellant.

Peter J. Willsey (argued) and Vincent Badolato , Brown Rudnick LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jessica T. Lu , Melanie Dahl Burke , and Stephanie P. Calnan , Brown Rudnick LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Per Curiam Opinion.


OPINION

This interlocutory appeal concerns the scope of the first sale doctrine in trademark law. Defendant-appellant FCA US LLC invoked the first sale doctrine as a defense to trademark claims asserted against it by plaintiff-appellee Bluetooth SIG Inc. ("the SIG"). After granting summary judgment for the SIG on the first sale issue...

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