Case Name: PHILIPPE CHARRIOL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A'LOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Defendant-Appellee; Philippe Charriol International Limited, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. A'lor International Limited, Defendant-Appellant; Philippe Charriol International Limited, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A'lor International Limited, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-04-30
Citations: 611 F. App'x 890
Docket Number: Nos. 13-56854, 14-55769, 14-55864
Parties: PHILIPPE CHARRIOL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A’LOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Defendant-Appellee. Philippe Charriol International Limited, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. A’lor International Limited, Defendant-Appellant. Philippe Charriol International Limited, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A’lor International Limited, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: KLEINFELD and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and GETTLEMAN, Senior District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 611
Pages: 890–893

Head Matter:
PHILIPPE CHARRIOL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A’LOR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Defendant-Appellee. Philippe Charriol International Limited, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. A’lor International Limited, Defendant-Appellant. Philippe Charriol International Limited, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A’lor International Limited, Defendant-Appellee.
Nos. 13-56854, 14-55769, 14-55864.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Feb. 5, 2015.
Filed April 30, 2015.
Samuel D. Levy, Esquire, Craig M. Flanders, Wuersch & Gering LLP, New York, NY, Benjamin J. Fox, Esquire, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Mark C. Zebrowski, Esquire, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Kimberly D. Howatt, Esquire, Richard Paul Sybert, Gordon & Rees LLP, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before: KLEINFELD and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and GETTLEMAN, Senior District Judge.
The Honorable Robert W. Gettleman, Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Philippe Charriol International Ltd., an Isle of Man corporation with its principal place of business in Switzerland, sued A'lor International Ltd., a California corporation and Philippe Charriol's long-time licensee, for trademark infringement, breach of contract, and other related claims. While the district court initially declined to preliminarily enjoin A'lor from selling the allegedly infringing jewelry abroad, the district court later partially granted Philippe Charriol's motion for a preliminary injunction on the basis of a breach of contract claim brought in a later suit against A'lor. Both parties appeal; both sets of appeals concern the district court's decisions on motions for preliminary injunctions filed in then-separate (now-consolidated) suits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1). We review for an abuse of discretion. Brookfield Commc'ns, Inc. v. West Coast Entm't Corp., 174 F.3d 1036, 1045-46 (9th Cir.1999).
In appeal No. 13-56854, we affirm the denial of a preliminary injunction against A'lor's extraterritorial sale of cable jewelry. Philippe Charriol sought to enjoin A'lor from selling the cable jewelry outside the United States under A'lor's own brand. To apply the Lanham Act to foreign activities, "first, there must be some effect on American foreign commerce; second, the effect must be sufficiently great to present a cognizable injury to plaintiffs under the federal statute; and third, the interests of and links to American foreign commerce must be sufficiently strong in relation to those of other nations to justify an assertion of extraterritorial authority." Star-Kist Foods, Inc. v. P.J. Rhodes & Co., 769 F.2d 1393, 1395 (9th Cir.1985). There is no evidence on the record in the earlier case that A'lor's cable jewelry sold abroad flowed back to the United States and caused a cognizable injury to Philippe' Charriol within the United States. See Reebok Int'l, Ltd. v. Marnatech Enters., Inc., 970 F.2d 552, 554-55 (9th Cir.1992) (holding that the sale of counterfeit shoes in Mexico had sufficient effect on American foreign commerce where the counterfeit shoes went back to the United States regularly and decreased the sale of genuine shoes and the value of the plaintiffs consolidated holdings in the United States). Philippe Charriol failed to show a sufficient effect of A'lor's foreign activities on American foreign commerce to support its Lanham Act claims. Accordingly, the district court did not abuse its discretion by finding that Philippe Charriol failed to show a likelihood of success on the merits of its Lanham Act claims.
In cross-appeals Nos. 14-55769 & 14-55864, we conclude that the district court abused its discretion by finding a likelihood of success on the merits of Philippe Charriol's breach of contract claim, and we reverse. On the record before the district court when it partially granted Philippe Charriol's motion for a preliminary injunction, it was clear error to find that the 2010 Exclusive Jewelry License Agreement covered the so-called "cable design" and, consequently, that "the breach of contract claim was not necessarily bound to the same fate as [Philippe Charriol's] Lanham Act claims." By itself, Section 1.1 of the license agreement defines the "Trademarks" as trademarks enumerated in Schedule A and "all other trademarks whether registered or by common law or usage which may or may not be registered but to which marks are owned or controlled by [Philippe Char-riol]." Schedule A lists as the Trademarks three word marks, CELTIC, CHARRIOL, and COLVMBVS, but not the cable design. The catch-all clause of Section 1.1, on this record, must be construed as applicable only to marks of the same general nature or class as those enumerated. See Lawrence v. Walzer & Gabrielson, 207 Cal.App.3d 1501, 256 Cal.Rptr. 6, 9 (1989) (explaining the doctrine of ejusdem generis ). Other sections of the license agreement confirm, on the record before the district court when it partially granted Philippe Charriol's motion for a preliminary injunction, that the parties intended the "Trademarks" to cover only word marks. For example, Section 2.5 provides:
The Trademarks shall, where it is reasonable so to do, be accompanied by words descriptive of the Products, and the Trademarks shall be depicted entirely in capital letters or otherwise distinguished from accompanying text to indicate that the term is a trademark. (emphasis added).
The cable design cannot be capitalized or referred to as a "term." Only words and letters can be. See also Section 4.4 (containing a separate proviso regarding the use of the cable design). This reading that the license agreement did not cover the cable design is consistent with Section 6 of the parties' 2002 agreement: "[Philippe Charriol and A'lor] understand and agree that the rights to produce 'cable jewelry . is not an exclusive right in respect of cable but is exclusive only in respect of the CHARRIOL® mark." To have found otherwise was clear error, and the district court abused its discretion.
Therefore, the license agreement, on its face and on the record then before the district court, does not prohibit A'lor from selling cable jewelry under its own brand after the termination. Section 3.1.b prohibits A'lor from selling any jewelry that looks similar to the licensed products, but it does not, at this preliminary stage in the proceedings, appear to intend this prohibition beyond the term of the license agreement. There is no finding by the district court on whether A'lor's purported termination was effective.
Philippe Charriol's cross-appeal seeks a remand with instructions that the preliminary injunction should be expanded to cover all of its word marks and that the injunction is supported by its trademark infringement claims. Since we reverse the grant of a preliminary injunction, and the district court did not make any determina tions on trademark infringement claims, we need not address this cross-appeal.
In reaching this conclusion, we express no opinion on the ultimate merits of the case. See, e.g., Barahona-Gomez v. Reno, 167 F.3d 1228, 1238 (9th Cir.1999). We only conclude here that the district court abused its discretion by finding a likelihood of success on the merits of the breach of contract claim. We leave to the district court to decide, after further proceedings and its or a jury's assessment of further evidence, if any, the merits of the breach of contract claim.
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
. We note, however, that any case can look different after trial testimony of witnesses on disputed facts, and findings of fact and conclusions of law by the court.