Pilot, Inc. v. TYC Brother Industrial Company, Ltd

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44 55 66 77 United States District Court 88 Central District of California 99 1100 1111 PILOT INC., a California corporation, Case No. 2:20-cv-02978-ODW (RAOx)

1122 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR SANCTIONS [47]

1133 v.

1144 TYC BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. a Chinese corporation, et. al, 1155 Defendants. 1166

1177 1188 I. INTRODUCTION 1199 Defendants Genera Corporation, T.Y.C. Brother Industrial Co., Ltd., David 2200 Tang, Nguyett Nguyen, Andrea Lira, and Beatriz Atkinson (“Defendants”), move for 2211 sanctions against Plaintiff Pilot, Inc. (“Pilot”) and its counsel, Lewis Brisbois 2222 Bisgaard & Smith LLP. (Mot. for Sanctions (“Motion” or “Mot.”), ECF No. 47.) For 2233 the reasons discussed below, the Court DENIES Defendants’ Motion. 1 2244 II. BACKGROUND 2255 Pilot is a distributor and supplier of aftermarket automotive replacement parts 2266 and accessories in the United States. (Compl. ¶ 19, ECF No. 1.) TYC is a Chinese 2277

2288 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter…