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

97 F.3d 1460 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 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 and Submitted Aug. 7, 1996. Decided Sept. 20, 1996. Before: REINHARDT, HALL, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 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 , and breach of contract under California law. RMC had served since 1985 as exclusive United States distributor of kerosene heaters manufactured by Sengoku, a Japanese corporation, and these charges arose in connection with RMC's decision to…