Case Name: 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
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-12-15
Citations: 461 F. App'x 638
Docket Number: No. 10-55735
Parties: 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.
Judges: Before: NOONAN, GOULD, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 461
Pages: 638–639

Head Matter:
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).

Opinion:
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.