Kam-Ko Bio-Pharm v. Mayne Pharma

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KAM-KO BIO-PHARM TRADING CO., 

LTD-AUSTRALASIA, a Washington Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAYNE PHARMA (USA) INC., a No. 07-35449 Delaware corporation; MAYNE PHARMA PTY, LTD, an Australia  D.C. No.

CV-06-00840-TSZ

corporation (now known as Mayne

OPINION

Pharma Ltd.); MAYNE GROUP LTD, an Australian public company; DAVID BULL LABORATORIES, an Australian proprietary company; and John Does 1-12, Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Thomas S. Zilly, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 22, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed March 11, 2009

Before: Robert R. Beezer, Richard C. Tallman, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. COUNSEL

Shaunta Marie Knibb & Jeff A. Smyth, Smyth & Mason, PLLC, Seattle, Washington for the plaintiff-appellant.

Alan S. Middleton, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Washington for the defendants-appellees.

OPINION

MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Kam-Ko Bio-Pharm…