N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT *
SHERM AN B AHR , d/b/a VIDEO ONE R EPAIR , on be ha lf of itse lf a nd a ll othe rs sim ila rly situa te d , Plaintiff - Appe lla nt,
v. C ANON U.S.A., INC ., De fe nda

nt - Appe lle e . No. 14-56292 D.C
. No. 2:13-C V-05259 (GAF) (AJW )
M EM OR ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the C e ntra l Distric t of C a lifornia Gary A. Fe e ss, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Argue d a nd Subm itte d July

6, 2016 Pa sa de n a , C a l ifornia B e fore : VANASKIE, ** M UR GUIA, a nd WA TFORD, C i rc uit Judge s She rm an B ahr, the owne r of Vide o One R e pa ir, a p pe a ls the distric t c ourt’ s dism issa l of his c la i m s unde r the Song-B e ve rly Ac t, C a l. C i v. C o de § 1790 e t se q. , the C artwright Ac t, C a l. B us. & Prof. C ode § 16720 e t se q , an d the C a lifornia Unfa ir C om

pe tition La

w (“ UC L” ), C a l. B us. & Prof. C ode § 17200 e t se q . W e



# FIL ED JUL 26 2016 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

*This disposition is not a

ppropria te for public a tion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d by 9th C ir. R . 36-3.
** The Honora

b l e Thom a s I. Va

na skie , Unite d State s C irc uit Judgefor the U .S. C ourt of Appe a ls for the Third C irc u it, sitting by de s igna tion.have jurisdic tion unde r 28 U.S.C . § 1291, a nd we a ffirm

the distric t c ourt’ s dism issa l of the se c l a im s. 1. B ahr argue s tha

t Se c tion 1793.03 of the

Song-B e ve rly

Ac t, C a l. C iv. C ode § 1793.03, re quire s m anufa c ture rs of c e rta in e le c tronic s to supply a ll “ se rvic e and re pa i r fa c ilitie s” with re pa ir pa rts a nd se rvic e m anua ls for a

t le a st se ve n y e ars a fte r the date of m anufa c ture . The Ac t’ s te x t, howe v e r, sugge sts tha t this se c tion
wa s not m e an t to a

pply to a ll re pa ir fa c ilitie s. Although the phra se “ se rvic e and
re pa ir fa c ilitie s” is not de fine d in the Ac t, othe r se c tions of theAc t c le arly indic a t e that this phra se re fe rs to the m anufa c ture r’ s fa c i litie s or to a uthoriz e d-inde pe nde nt fa c i litie s, but not to una

uthoriz e d fa c ilitie s like B a h r’ s. Inde e d, se v e ra l provisions of the Ac t a ddre ss “ se rvic e and re pa ir fa c ilitie s” tha t a re ope ra te d or a

uthoriz e d by the m anufa c ture r, but a ddre s s una uthoriz e d “ inde p e n de n t

re pa ir or se rvic e fa c i litie s” se pa

ra te ly
. Se eC a l. C iv. C ode § 1793.2(a ); se e also C a l. C iv. C ode § 1793.3. C onside ring the le gisla tion a s a whole , Boise

C asc adeC orp. v . EPA , 942 F.2d 1427, 1432 (9th C ir. 1991), it is evide nt tha t the “ se rvic e and re pa ir fa c ilitie s”
re fe rre d to in Se c tion 1793.03 a re those m a inta ine d

or a uthoriz e d by

the
m anufa c ture r. B e c a

use B ahr’ s shop is una

uthoriz e d, Se c tion 1793.03 doe s not
re quire C anon to supply

B ahr’ s re pa ir shop with re pa ir pa rts or se rvic e m an

ua ls. As suc h, we a ffirm

the distric t c ourt’ s dism issa l of B ahr’ s Song-B e ve rly c la im
.

22. B ahr a lso a rgue s tha t he prope rly

ple d a “ ty ing” c la im unde r the C artwright Ac t. W e disa gre e . The distric t c ourt ide ntifie d de fe c ts with B ahr’ s ty ing c la im

an d gave him an opportunity

to a m e n d his c om

pla i nt, but B ahr did not do so. B e c a

u se B ahr did not properly a lle ge tha

t re pla c e m e nt pa

rts a n d se rvic e s a

re two distinc t produc t s, se e Eastman K odak C o. v . ImageTe c h. Se rv

s ., Inc
. , 504 U.S. 451, 462 (1992), we

a gre e with thedistric t c ourt tha t B ahr fa i le d to prope rly

ple a d
a ty ing c la im
. Thus, we a ffirm the distric t c o urt’ s dism issa l of B ahr’ s C artwright Ac t c la im
. 3. La stly , B ahr argue s tha t his Song-B e v e rly

and C a rtwright c la im s support a de rivat ive c la im unde r the UC L. B e c a use we find tha

t the distric t c ourt prope rly dism isse d the s e c la im s , howe ve r, B ahr’ s c la im unde r the UC L ne c e ssa

rily fa ils. Thus, we

a ffirm the distric t c ourt’ s dism issa l of B a hr’ s UC L c la im
. AFFIRM E D.

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