Leines

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RICHARD A. LEINES, No. 2:18-cv-00969-KJM-DB 12 Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, 13 v. ORDER 14 HOMELAND VINYL PRODUCTS, INC., 15 Defendant/Counterclaimant. 16 17 Defendant and counterclaimant Homeland Vinyl Products, Inc. (“Homeland”) 18 moves for leave to amend its counterclaims. Mot., ECF No. 51. For the reasons below, the court 19 GRANTS the motion to amend. 20 I. BACKGROUND 21 Plaintiff Richard Leines entered into a licensing agreement whereby Homeland 22 could manufacture and sell certain deck construction products, called “Gorilla Lock,” that are 23 purportedly based on an invention Leines patented. First Am. Compl. (“FAC”), ECF No. 27 ¶ 1. 24 Homeland alleges Leines granted Homeland an exclusive license to manufacture and sell Gorilla 25 Lock products throughout the United States. Proposed First Am. Counterclaims, ECF No. 53-1 26 ¶ 9. 27 On April 19, 2018, plaintiff sued Homeland for breach of contract, breach of 28 express…