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FindACase | Polaris Industries, Inc. v. Arctic Cat Inc.
Polaris Industries, Inc. v. Arctic Cat Inc.
ARCTIC CAT INC. and ARCTIC CAT SALES INC., Defendants.
William F. Bullard, Samuel T. Lockner, and Nathan Louwagie, CARLSON CASPERS VANDENBURGH LINDQUIST & SCHUMAN PA, for plaintiff.
Joseph A. Herriges, Jason M. Zucchi, Conrad A. Gosen, and John C. Adkisson, FISH & RICHARDSON P.C., for defendants.
In these related patent-infringement actions, Defendants Arctic Cat Inc. and Arctic Cat Sales Inc. (collectively “Arctic Cat”) appeal an order of the Magistrate Judge denying Arctic Cat's motion to compel Plaintiff Polaris Industries Inc. (“Polaris”) to produce documents related to Polaris's financial relationship with non-party Polaris Sales Inc. (“PSI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Polaris. Because the Magistrate Judge did not clearly err in denying Arctic Cat's motion, the Court will affirm the order of the Magistrate Judge.
The present appeal concerns discovery related to lost-profits damages. A patentee who proves infringement is entitled to damages “adequate to compensate for the infringement.” 35 U.S.C. § 284. “To recover lost profits damages, the patentee must show a reasonable probability that, ‘but for' the infringement, it would have made the sales that were made by the infringer.” Rite-Hite Corp. v. Kelley Co., 56 F.3d 1538, 1545 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (en banc). Generally, “a patentee may not claim, as its own damages, the lost profits of a related company.” Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. v. NuVasive, Inc., 778 F.3d 1365, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2015). A patentee may, however, recover the lost profits of a related company if the patentee can show that the profits of the related company flow inexorably to the patentee. Schwendimann v. Arkwright Advanced Coating, Inc., 220 F.Supp.3d 953, 974 (D. Minn. 2016); Kowalski v. Mommy Gina Tuna Res., 574 F.Supp.2d 1160, 1163 (D. Haw. 2008).
Polaris Industries Inc., including all predecessors, successors, subsidiaries, divisions, parents, and affiliates thereof, past or present, joint ventures, and other legal entities that are wholly or partially owned or controlled by Polaris, either directly or indirectly, and all past or present directors, principals, officers, owners, employees, agents, representatives, consultants, attorneys, and others acting for or on behalf of these same entities.

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