DMF Inc v. AMP Plus Inc

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DMF, Inc., No. 2:18-cv-07090-CAS-GJSx

Plaintiff, FINDINGS OF FACT AND

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

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ORDER RE MOTION TO STRIKE

AMP Plus, Inc. d/b/a ELCO Lighting, (DKT. 722) and ELCO Lighting Inc., 15 Defendants.

17 18 I. INTRODUCTION The issue of willfulness was tried to the Court on October 24 and October 25, 2023. Attorneys Ben M. Davidson of Davidson Law Group and David Long of Ergoniq appeared on behalf of plaintiff DMF, Inc. (“DMF”). Attorneys Guy Ruttenberg and Kevin Neal of Ruttenberg IP Law appeared on behalf of defendants AMP Plus, Inc. d/b/a ELCO LIGHTING and ELCO Lighting, Inc (“ELCO”). For purposes of the trial, based on stipulation of the parties, the Court assumed infringement and validity. Thus, the sole issue tried before the Court is whether ELCO’s infringement of DMF’s patent was willful. Based on the evidence and testimony presented at trial, the Court makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of…