Watec Co., Ltd. v. Chia C. Liu

403 F.3d 645 WATEC CO., LTD., a Japanese corporation, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellee, v. Chia C. LIU, a resident of California esa Chia L. Liu; Watec Company America, a Nevada corporation esa Watec America Corporation, Defendants-counter-claimants-Appellants, Genwac Inc., a New York Corporation, Counter-defendant-Appellee. No. 03-55823. No. 03-56079. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 1, 2004. Filed March 30, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED R. Joseph Trojan, Esq. and Jessica J. Slusser, Esq., Trojan Law Offices, Beverly Hills, CA, for the defendants-counterclaimants-appellants. C. "Keila" Nakasaka, Law Offices of Nakasaka, Los Angeles, CA, and Orlando F. Cabanday, Roger Furman, Hennelly & Grossfeld LLP, Pacific Palisades, CA, for the plaintiff-counterdefendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Florence Marie Cooper, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-10893-FMC. Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, GOULD, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. GOULD, Circuit Judge. 1 We must resolve issues arising from this trademark dispute between the Japanese manufacturer Watec Company…