Lodestar Anstalt v. Bacardi & Company Ltd.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LODESTAR ANSTALT, a Liechtenstein No. 19-55864 company, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/ D.C. No. Appellant, 2:16-cv-06411-

CAS-FFM

v.

BACARDI & COMPANY LIMITED, a OPINION Liechtenstein company; BACARDI U.S.A., INC., a Delaware corporation; BACARDI LIMITED, a Bermuda company, Defendants/Counter-Claimants/ Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Christina A. Snyder, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 10, 2020 Pasadena, California

Filed April 21, 2022 LODESTAR ANSTALT V. BACARDI & CO.

Before: Bobby R. Baldock, * Marsha S. Berzon, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Collins

SUMMARY **

Trademark

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Bacardi U.S.A., Inc., and two of its affiliates in a trademark infringement action brought by Lodestar Anstalt.

The Madrid Protocol, as implemented by amendments contained in Title XII of the Lanham Act, provides that applicants with trademark protection in other countries may obtain an “extension of…