Travelers Property Casualty Company of America v. Seirus Innovative Accessories, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TRAVELERS PROPERTY Case No.: 19cv829-LAB (MDD)
CASUALTY COMPANY OF
12
AMERICA ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
13 STAY CASE Plaintiff,
14 v. [Docket numbers 9, 13.] 15
SEIRUS INNOVATIVE
16 ACCESSORIES, INC., et al. 17 Defendants. 18 19 Plaintiff Travelers Property Casualty Company of America filed this action, 20 seeking a declaration that it had no obligation to defend the Defendants in a 21 separate case, and requesting reimbursement for its expenses in voluntarily 22 defending them thus far. The other action is pending as case 19cv137-SI, 23 Columbia Sportswear North America v. Seirus et al. in the District of Oregon. 24 According to the complaint, this dispute began as a patent infringement 25 claim. According to allegations, Columbia argued that Seirus Heat Wave products 26 infringed one of Columbia’s patents, and filed suit in the Western District of 27 Washington.…