Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Metric & Inch Tools, Inc.

PROCEEDINGS: (1) ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AGAINST DEFENDANT METRIC AND INCH TOOLS, INC.; AND (2) ORDER PLACING UNDER SUBMISSION PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AGAINST DEFENDANT TURBO TEK INT’L, INC.

On November 12, 2006, plaintiff Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation, filed a notice of application for right to attach order and order of issuance of a writ of attachment and application for right to attach order and order for issuance of attachment, a supporting memorandum of points authorities, and the supporting declaration of Hank Wood with exhibits. On December 3, 2008, defendants Metric and Inch Tools, Inc. (“MI Tools”) and Turbo Tek Int’l, Inc. (“TTI”), both California corporations, filed an opposition to plaintiffs application and the opposing declarations of Fred Reinstein, KC Marie Knox and Robert Cohen with exhibit, and on December 4, 2008, plaintiff filed its reply. On March 18, 2009, plaintiff filed a supplemental reply.

The hearing on plaintiffs applications was held before Magistrate Judge Rosalyn M. Chapman on April 8, 2009. Steven A. Browne,…