Mi jury demand es tu jury demand

The Ninth Circuit recently held that a plaintiff who didn't demand a jury trial on his trademark and trade dress infringement claims was nevertheless entitled to a jury trial on those claims under the defendant's demand for a jury trial on its counterclaims for business disparagement and false advertising, where the counterclaims were based on the alleged falsity of plaintiff's statements to customers that the defendant was infringing plaintiff's TM and trade dress rights. Whew! Long sentence! The court thought the claims and counterclaims were related enough that the plaintiff could have reasonably relied on the defendant's demand. California Scents v. Surco Prods., Inc., No. 03-56116 (May 6, 2005).