California Cedar Products Company, and Duraflame, Inc. v. Pine Mountain Corporation, California Cedar Products Company, and Duraflame, Inc. v. Consumer Chemical Corporation, Ltd.

724 F.2d 827 221 U.S.P.Q. 1137 CALIFORNIA CEDAR PRODUCTS COMPANY, and Duraflame, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PINE MOUNTAIN CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. CALIFORNIA CEDAR PRODUCTS COMPANY, and Duraflame, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CONSUMER CHEMICAL CORPORATION, LTD., Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 83-5589, 83-5617. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 12, 1983. Decided Jan. 25, 1984. Martin Horn, Spensley, Horn, Jubas & Lubitz, Los Angeles, Cal., Douglas E. Olson, Lyon & Lyon, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. H. Michael Brucker, Oakland, Cal., for defendant-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before SWYGERT * , TANG and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. TANG, Circuit Judge: 1 Pine Mountain Corporation (Pine Mountain) and Consumer Chemical Corporation Ltd. (Consumer Chemical) appeal the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction restraining their use of the trademark "Duraflame" in the marketing of artificial firelogs. They contend that the district court applied erroneous legal standards regarding trademark abandonment and appropriation in finding that…