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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRITESMILE, INC. and BRITESMILE

DEVELOPMENT, INC.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

DISCUS DENTAL, INC.; SALIM NATHOO

Defendants.

 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS

 /

No. C 02-03220 JSW

ORDER OF AWARD OF

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS

TO DISCUS DENTAL

On July 16, 2004, the Court granted the motion of Plaintiffs BriteSmile, Inc. and

BriteSmile Development, Inc. (collectively “BriteSmile”) for leave to file an amended complaint

and to dismiss related counterclaims. As a condition of providing leave to amend, the Court

awarded fees and costs to Defendant Discuss Dental, Inc. (“Discus Dental”) incurred in

defending against the counterclaims BriteSmile dismissed pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 15 (“Rule 15”). See General Signal Corp. v. MCI Telecommunications Corp., 66

F.3d 1500, 1514 (9th Cir. 1995) (“[A] district court, in its discretion, may impose costs pursuant

to Rule 15 as a condition of granting leave to amend in order to compensate the opposing party

for additional costs incurred because the original pleading was faulty.”); see also SL Waber, Inc.

v. American Power Conversion Corp., 135 F.Supp.2d 521, 527-528 (D. N.J. 1999) (noting that

court has discretion to impose costs under Rule 15 to reimburse a non-amending party for costs

and attorneys’ fees incurred in defending against original pleading, but declining to award costs

where amending party gave assurances that it would never sue other party on the patent).

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United States District Court

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Having reviewed the parties’ papers addressing the amount of fees and costs incurred in

defending against the dismissed counterclaims, the Court HEREBY ORDERS that BriteSmile

pay reasonable fees and costs as sanctions to Discus Dental pursuant to Rule 15 in the amount of

$38,056.95. BriteSmile shall pay this amount to Discus Dental by no later than May 25, 2005.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 10, 2005 /s/ Jeffrey S. White 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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