Opinion ID: 719393
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Defendant's Civil Contempt.

Text: 16 We review a contempt order for abuse of discretion. In re Dual-Deck Video Cassette Antitrust Lit., 10 F.3d 693, 695 (9th Cir.1993). A district court properly holds a party in contempt when the party disobeys a specific and definite court order by failing to take all reasonable steps within the party's power to comply. Id. However, a party should not be held in contempt if its action was based on a good faith and reasonable interpretation of the court's order. Vertex Distrib. v. Falcon Foam Plastics, Inc., 689 F.2d 885, 889 (9th Cir.1982) (emphasis added) (internal citations and quotation marks omitted). 17 The preliminary injunction enjoined Defendant from using, selling or distributing in commerce any product containing or having applied to, or being referenced by any trademark which is a reproduction, copy or colorable imitation of the trademark 'BIOCELL'. We reject Defendant's claims that this and other statements in the preliminary injunction can be read, with good faith and reasonable interpretation, to mean that only the Plaintiff's stylized logo and its trade name are protected by the Preliminary Injunction. Br. for Appellant (94-56162) at 30. Defendant's claim that it understood the district court's clear order to allow it to continue using the name Biocell is disingenuous at best. Therefore, we affirm the finding of civil contempt. 18