Sims Snowboards, Inc., a California Corporation v. Craig Kelly and the Burton Corp., a Vermont Corporation Dba Burton Snowboards

I.

Craig Kelly and Burton Snowboards, defendants-appellants, appeal the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction to Sims Snowboards, plaintiff-appellee. The injunction prevents Kelly from using or endorsing any snowboard other than a Sims or an unidentified snowboard and from using or endorsing accessory products identified as Burton products. We reverse and vacate the injunction.

II.

Our review of an order granting a preliminary injunction is limited to determining whether the order is an abuse of discretion, or based on clearly erroneous findings of fact or on an erroneous legal standard. Portland Feminist Women’s Health Center v. Buhler, 859 F.2d 681, 684 (9th Cir.1988); Chalk v. United States District Court, 840 F.2d 701 , 704 (9th Cir.1988). We review a district court determination of the state law underlying a preliminary injunction de novo. Trans Meridian Trading Inc. v. Empresa Nacional de Comercializacion de Insumos, 829 F.2d 949, 953 (9th Cir.1987); In re McLinn, 739 F.2d 1395, 1397-1403 (9th Cir.1984) (en banc). A district court’s determination of the appropriate choice of law is reviewed de novo. Pereira v. Utah Transport, Inc., 764 F.2d 686, 689 (9th…