Monster Energy Company v. John H. Owoc

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 15 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MONSTER ENERGY COMPANY, a Nos. 23-55451 Delaware corporation, 24-244 D.C. No. Plaintiff-Appellee, 5:18-cv-01882-JGB-SHK v.

MEMORANDUM*

VITAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,

DBA VPX Sports, a Florida corporation,

Defendant,

and

JOHN H. OWOC, AKA Jack Owoc,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Jesus G. Bernal, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 2, 2025 Pasadena, California

Before: GILMAN**, M. SMITH, and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Ronald Lee Gilman, United States Circuit Judge for the Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit, sitting by designation. Defendant-Appellant John H. Owoc appeals from a final judgment of the

district court in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee Monster Energy Company (Monster), as

well as the district…