Talking Rain Beverage Co., Inc. v. South Beach Beverage Company

349 F.3d 601 TALKING RAIN BEVERAGE CO., INC., a Washington corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTH BEACH BEVERAGE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; The South Beach Beverage Company LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-35845. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 9, 2003 — Seattle, Washington. Filed November 4, 2003. James R. Uhlir, Bradley T. Fox and Everett E. Fruehling, Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellant. Edmond J. Ferdinand, III and Gregory J. Battersby, Grimes & Battersby, Norwalk, CT; Mark M. Hough and James Rhett Brigman, Riddell Williams P.S., Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-01451-BJR. Before STEPHEN S. TROTT, RAYMOND C. FISHER and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges. OPINION FISHER, Circuit Judge. 1 Talking Rain owns U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,181,774, which covers the shape of a bottle that Talking Rain uses in its sales of flavored and unflavored water. See Appendix A. Talking…