Sengoku Works Ltd. v. Rmc International, Ltd.

96 F.3d 1217 40 U.S.P.Q.2d 1149 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7048 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11 ,557 SENGOKU WORKS LTD., a corporation, Plaintiff-counter-defendant Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. RMC INTERNATIONAL, LTD., a corporation; Michael Resmo; Joseph Malaga, Defendants-counter-plaintiffs Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Nos. 95-55990, 95-56087. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued Aug. 7, 1996. Decided Sept. 20, 1996. Jan P. Weir, Poms, Smith, Lande & Rose, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-counter-plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees. R. Joseph Trojan, Trojan Law Offices, Beverly Hills, California, for plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellee-cross-appellant. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Edward Rafeedie, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-94-03197-ER. Before REINHARDT, HALL and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge: 1 RMC International Ltd., and its officers Michael Resmo and Joseph Malaga, appeal the district court's judgment, following a jury trial, in favor of Sengoku Works Ltd. for trademark and trade dress infringement under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1127 ,…