Mealey's (February 18, 2021, 11:54 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 16 issued a precedential opinion in which it said the correct standard of review on a grant of summary judgment on an unclean hands defense to trademark infringement claims is for abuse of discretion; that same day, the panel issued a memorandum disposition that such a grant of summary judgment in a dispute over the “METAL” mark was improper....