Lahoti

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DAVID LAHOTI, an individual,  Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 08-35001 v.  D.C. No.

CV-06-01132-JLR

VERICHECK, INC, a Georgia Corporation, OPINION Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington James L. Robart, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 9, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed November 16, 2009

Before: William A. Fletcher, Ronald M. Gould, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Gould

15233 LAHOTI v. VERICHECK, INC 15237

COUNSEL

Derek A. Newman, Randall Moeller, and John Du Wors, Newman & Newman, Attorneys at Law, LLP, Seattle, Wash- ington, for the plaintiff-appellant. 15238 LAHOTI v. VERICHECK, INC Shannon M. Jost and Aviva Kamm, Stokes Lawrence, P.S., Seattle, Washington, for the defendant-appellee.

OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

David Lahoti appeals the district court’s bench trial judg- ment that his use of the “VeriCheck” Georgia state service mark owned by Vericheck, Inc. violated the Anti- Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act…