1996-1 Trade Cases P 71,383, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2946, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4883 Metro Industries, Inc. v. Sammi Corporation, Sammi (America) Corporation Ken Carter Industries, Inc.

82 F.3d 839 1996-1 Trade Cases P 71,383 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2946, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4883 METRO INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAMMI CORPORATION, Sammi (America) Corporation; Ken Carter Industries, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-56180. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 8, 1996. Decided April 29, 1996. William P. Tedards, Jr., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant. Thomas G. Bailey, Jr., John E. Tardera, Whitman, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, New York City, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Mariana R. Pfaelzer, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-83-07931-MRP. Before: POOLE, WIGGINS, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: 1 Metro Industries, Inc. ("Metro"), an importer and wholesaler of kitchenware, sued Sammi Corp. ("Sammi"), a South Korean exporting company, and two of its American subsidiaries alleging, inter alia, that a Korean design registration system, which gives Korean holloware producers the exclusive right to export a particular holloware design for three years, constituted a market division that is a per se…