Nec Electronics, Plaintiff/counter-Defendant/appellee v. Cal Circuit Abco, Alex Sandel, Jason Barzilay, Benny Alagem, Defendant/counter- Claimant/appellant. Nec Electronics, Inc., Plaintiff/counter-Defendant/appellee v. Alex Sandel, Jason Barzilay, Benny Alagem, Maury Friedman, Nec Corporation and Nec Electronics, Inc., Counter-Defendant, and Cal Circuit Abco, Inc., AKA Cal-Abco, Defendant/counter-Claimant/appellant

810 F.2d 1506 8 ITRD 2064 , 55 USLW 2508 , 1 U.S.P.Q.2d 2056 NEC ELECTRONICS, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/Appellee, v. CAL CIRCUIT ABCO, Alex Sandel, Jason Barzilay, Benny Alagem, Defendant/Counter- Claimant/Appellant. NEC ELECTRONICS, INC., Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/Appellee, v. Alex SANDEL, Jason Barzilay, Benny Alagem, Maury Friedman, Defendant, NEC Corporation and NEC Electronics, Inc., Counter-Defendant, and CAL Circuit Abco, Inc., aka CAL-Abco, Defendant/Counter-Claimant/Appellant. Nos. 86-6300, 86-6456. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 1, 1986. Decided Feb. 24, 1987. Stephen L. Hock, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff/counter-defendant/appellee. Thomas J. McDermott, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants/counter-claimants/appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WALLACE, SNEED and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 A Japanese manufacturer of computer chips, NEC Corporation (NEC-Japan), assigned its United States trademark rights to its California subsidiary, NEC Electronics (NEC-USA). Defendant, CAL Circuit Abco (Abco), engages in "parallel importation"…