Whitewater West Industries, LTD. v. Pacific Surf Designs, Inc.

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4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ll |} WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES, Case No.: 3:17-cv-01118-BEN-BLM LTD., a Canadian corporation, Plaintiff / Counterdefendants, CONS Bes FOR

PACIFIC SURF DESIGNS, INC., a [ECF Nos. 369, 378] Delaware corporation; and FLOW 16 || SERVICES, INC., a California 17 || Corr oration, Defendants / Counterclaimants.

This patent infringement case comes before the Court on a motion for attorney’s 20 || fees brought by Defendants Pacific Surf Designs, Inc. (“PSD”) and Flow Services, Inc., a 21 || California corporation (“FSI”) (collectively, “Defendants”) after receiving a jury verdict their favor after a trial on the merits. At trial, Plaintiff Whitewater West Industries, 23 || Ltd., a Canadian corporation (“Whitewater”), alleged two lines of products from PSD, ||infringe on certain claims of U.S. Patent Number 6,491,589 (the “589 Patent”). 25 || Whitewater also contended Defendant FSI infringed on one claim of the ‘589 Patent. Defendants counterclaimed for non-infringement and…