Vision Sports, Inc. v. Melville Corporation

888 F.2d 609 58 USLW 2316 , 12 U.S.P.Q.2d 1740 VISION SPORTS, INC., a California corporation; Vision Street Wear, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MELVILLE CORPORATION, a New York corporation doing business in California as Melville Shoe Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. No. 89-55592. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 10, 1989. Decided Oct. 18, 1989. Robert Neuner, New York City, for defendant-appellant. Darrell L. Olson, Newport Beach, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before FLETCHER and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and CARROLL, * District Judge. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Defendant-appellant Melville Corporation ("Melville") appeals the district court's order issuing a preliminary injunction prohibiting Melville's sale of certain clothing items bearing its "STREET CLOSED" trademark in enlarged, color-contrasted, boldface lettering. We affirm. I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW 2 Plaintiff-appellee Vision Sports, Inc. ("Vision") is the owner of the trademark "VISION STREET WEAR" and related logo design ("VSW logo"), which it uses in connection with various items of…