Applied Medical Distribution C v. the Surgical Company Bv

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

APPLIED MEDICAL DISTRIBUTION 

CORPORATION, a California corporation, No. 09-55155 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  8:07-cv-01420- THE SURGICAL COMPANY BV, a DOC-MLG Netherlands limited liability OPINION company, Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 4, 2009—Pasadena, California

Filed November 3, 2009

Before: Raymond C. Fisher and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and Morrison C. England, Jr., District Judge.*

Opinion by Judge Gould

*The Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, sitting by designation.

14815 APPLIED MEDICAL v. THE SURGICAL COMPANY 14819

COUNSEL

Richard J. Grabowski, Brian M. Hoffstadt (argued) and Edward S. Chang, Jones Day, Irvine, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Bruce H. Jackson (argued) and Jerry Salcido, Baker &…