Mayview Corp., Plaintiffs-Counterdefendants-Appellants v. Harvey B. Rodstein, Defendants-Counterplaintiffs-Appellees. Mayview Corp., Plaintiffs-Counterdefendants-Appellees v. Harvey B. Rodstein, Defendants-Counterplaintiffs-Appellants

480 F.2d 714 178 U.S.P.Q. 449 MAYVIEW CORP. et al., Plaintiffs-Counterdefendants-Appellants, v. Harvey B. RODSTEIN et al., Defendants-Counterplaintiffs-Appellees. MAYVIEW CORP. et al., Plaintiffs-Counterdefendants-Appellees, v. Harvey B. RODSTEIN et al., Defendants-Counterplaintiffs-Appellants. Nos. 71-2058, 71-2319. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 19, 1973. Ellsworth R. Roston (argued), William H. Pavitt, Jr., Charles H. Schwartz, Smyth, Roston & Pavitt, Los Angeles, Cal., for Mayview Corp. and others. Hamer H. Jamieson (argued), Thelma S. Herzig, Herzig & Walsh, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Harvey B. Rodstein and others. OPINION Before CARTER and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, * District Judge. JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge: 1 In No. 71-2058, appellants Mayview Corporation et al. (hereafter Mayview) contest a preliminary injunction granted by the district court to appellees Harvey B. Rodstein, et al. (hereafter Rodstein) on May 25, 1971. The injunction prohibited Mayview from infringing Rodstein's patent No. 3,563,134 and trademark "RODAC," No. 903,459. The question is whether the trial court applied the proper standard for grant or refusal of a…