Opinion ID: 389212
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Heading: california trademark law

Text: 23 Appellants also assert a claim based on the California common law of trademarks. The complaint alleges infringement of common law trademark rights. Because there is no federal common law of trademark infringement, see International Order of Job's Daughters v. Lindeburg & Co., 633 F.2d 912, 915 (9th Cir. 1980), California law governs this allegation. This body of law focuses on the likelihood of confusion as to source or sponsorship. See 7 B. Witkin, Summary of California Law, Equity §§ 70, 74 (8th ed. 1974). Without likelihood of confusion there is no infringement under the California common law of trademarks. Because the products at issue are unrelated, the complaint states no cause of action under California trademark law.