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CYCLONE USA, INC., a Nevada corporation, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellee, LL & C Dealer Services, LLC, Defendant-counter-claimant-Appellee, v. SEI KIM, dba Korean Industrial Design Company, Erroneously Sued as Korean Industrial Design Corporation, Defendant-counter-claimant-3rd-party-plaintiff-Appellant, and Jay Kim, Third-party-defendant.
    No. 10-55735.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 8, 2011.
    
    Filed Dec. 15, 2011.
    
      Allan E. Anderson, Esquire, Sean P. Flynn, Esquire, Timothy Lynn Skelton, Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, Los Angeles, CA, Darin R. Dominguez, Esquire, Law Offices of Daren Dominguez, Cerritos, CA, Charles M. Marmelstein, Esquire, Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, Mark A. Shadrack, Esquire, Shadrack & Chapman, LLC, Lagu-na Niguel, CA, for Plaintiff-counter-defen-dani>-Appellee.
    Jane E. Carey, Esquire, Schaffer Lax McNaughton & Chen, Newport Beach, CA, Howard David Gest, Burhenn & Gest LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Larry D. Langley, Esquire, Langley Law Firm, PC, Scottsdale, AZ, Jerry B. Marshak, Esquire, Van Dorn & Marshak Law Offices, Burbank, CA, for Defendant-counter-claimant-Ap-pellee.
    Anthony J. Dain, Esquire, Trial, Frederick Keith Taylor, Senior Counsel, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Saviteh LLP, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-counter-claimant-3rd-party-plaintiff-Appellant.
    Darin R. Dominguez, Esquire, Mark A. Shadrack, Esquire, for Third-party-defendant.
    Before: NOONAN, GOULD, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Sei Kim appeals the district court’s award of $500 for a single transaction of false patent marking by Cyclone USA under 35 U.S.C § 292. On September 16, 2011, Congress amended 35 U.S.C. § 292 and made the amendments retroactive on pending cases. Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Pub.L. No. 112-29, § 16(b)(4), 125 Stat. 329 (2011). The penalty under the amended § 292(a) is no longer available to a private party such as Sei Kim. Instead, § 292(b) now grants Sei Kim the right to recover damages to compensate for competitive injury due to the false patent marking. We VACATE and REMAND for a calculation of Cyclone USA’s liabilities under the amended statute. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.