Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. v. Surgical Technologies, Inc.

285 F.3d 848 KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICA, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Florida corporation, dba Surgi-Tech; Pacific Medical Repair, a sole proprietorship, Defendants-Appellees. No. 00-55147. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 6, 2001. Filed April 4, 2002. 1 COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Mark R. Kravitz, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, Connecticut, for the plaintiff-appellant. 2 G. Dale Britton, Klinedinst, Fliehman & McKillop, San Diego, California; John Evan Edwards, John & Edwards LLP, San Diego, California, for the defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Thomas J. Whelan, District Judge, Presiding. 4 Before KOZINSKI and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and RONALD M. WHYTE, * District Judge. OPINION 5 WHYTE, District Judge. 6 Appellant Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. ("Storz") appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to appellees Surgical Technologies, Inc. ("Surgi-Tech") and Pacific Medical Repair ("Pacific") on Storz's trademark infringement claims. 1 Storz contends…