Gordon

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAMES S. GORDON, JR., an  individual doing business as gordonworks.com, Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 07-35487 v.  D.C. No.

CV-06-00204-JCC

VIRTUMUNDO, INC., a Delaware corporation; ADKNOWLEDGE, INC., a OPINION Delaware corporation; and SCOTT LYNN, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington John C. Coughenour, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 9, 2008—Seattle, Washington

Filed August 6, 2009

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Richard C. Tallman, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Tallman; Concurrence by Judge Gould

10481 GORDON v. VIRTUMUNDO, INC. 10485

COUNSEL

Timothy J. Walton, Walton & Rose, LLP, Palo Alto, Califor- nia, for plaintiff- appellant James S. Gordon, Jr.

Derek Newman (argued), Randall Moeller, Newman & New- man, Attorneys at Law, LLP, Seattle, Washington, for defendants-appellees Virtumundo, Inc., Adknowledge, Inc., and Scott Lynn.

Shannon E. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, Robert M. McKenna, Attorney General of Washington,…