Case Name: FROST-TSUJI ARCHITECTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HIGHWAY INN, INC.; Ho'ola Mau, LLC; Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated; Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; J. Kadowaki, Inc.; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees; Frost-Tsuji Architects, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Highway Inn, Inc.; Ho'ola Mau, LLC; Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated; J. Kadowaki, Inc.; Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees; Frost-Tsuji Architects, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Highway Inn, Inc.; Ho'ola Mau, LLC; Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees, J. Kadowaki, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees; Frost-Tsuji Architects, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Highway Inn, Inc.; Ho'ola Mau, LLC, Defendants-Appellants, Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated; J. Kadowaki, Inc.; Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-10-26
Citations: 700 F. App'x 674
Docket Number: No. 15-15802, No. 16-15562, No. 16-15799, No. 16-15802
Parties: FROST-TSUJI ARCHITECTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HIGHWAY INN, INC.; Ho'ola Mau, LLC; Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated; Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; J. Kadowaki, Inc.; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Frost-Tsuji Architects, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Highway Inn, Inc.; Ho’ola Mau, LLC; Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated; J. Kadowaki, Inc.; Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Frost-Tsuji Architects, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Highway Inn, Inc.; Ho’ola Mau, LLC; Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees, J. Kadowaki, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Frost-Tsuji Architects, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Highway Inn, Inc.; Ho’ola Mau, LLC, Defendants-Appellants, Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated; J. Kadowaki, Inc.; Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, D.W. NELSON, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 700
Pages: 674–676

Head Matter:
FROST-TSUJI ARCHITECTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HIGHWAY INN, INC.; Ho'ola Mau, LLC; Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated; Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; J. Kadowaki, Inc.; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Frost-Tsuji Architects, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Highway Inn, Inc.; Ho’ola Mau, LLC; Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated; J. Kadowaki, Inc.; Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Frost-Tsuji Architects, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Highway Inn, Inc.; Ho’ola Mau, LLC; Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees, J. Kadowaki, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Frost-Tsuji Architects, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Highway Inn, Inc.; Ho’ola Mau, LLC, Defendants-Appellants, Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated; J. Kadowaki, Inc.; Iwamoto and Associates, LLC; Palekana Permits LLC; Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 15-15802, No. 16-15562, No. 16-15799, No. 16-15802
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted October 12, 2017 U. of Hawaii Manoa
Filed October 26, 2017
Marguerite S, N. Fujie, Esquire, Attorney, Randall Keith Schmitt, Esquire, Attorney, McCorriston Miller Mukai Mac-Kinnon LLP, Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiff-Appellant
Harvey J. Lung, Esquire, Attorney, David Ronald Major, Esquire, Attorney, Bays Lung Rose & Holma, Topa Financial Center, Honolulu, HI, for Defendants-Ap-pellees Highway Inn, Inc., Ho’ola Mau, LLC
Arthur H. Kuwahara, Esquire, Kim & Kuwahara, Honolulu, HI, for Defendants-Appellees Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Incorporated, Iwamoto and Associates, LLC
Lyle M. Ishida, Tom Petrus & Miller, LLLC, Honolulu, HI, for Defendant-Ap-pellee J. Kadowaki, Inc.
Lyle S. Hosoda, Esquire, Attorney, Ho-soda & Morikone, LLC, Honolulu, HI, for Defendant-Appellee Palekana Permits LLC
Paul Maki, Esquire, Paul Maki, Attorney at Law, Honolulu, HI, for Defendant-Appellee Bargreen Ellingson of Hawaii, Inc.
Before: SCHROEDER, D.W. NELSON, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Frost-Tsuji Architects brought this action against Highway Inn, Inc., a former client, and Ho'ola Mau, LLC, J. Kadowaki, Inc., Bargreen Ellingson, Inc., Bryce E. Uyehara, A.I.A., Inc., Palekana Permits, LLC, and Iwamoto & Associates, LLC (collectively, "Highway Inn"), alleging that Highway Inn (1) infringed Frost-Tsuji's copyright in architectural plans for a new restaurant, and (2) removed Frost-Tsuji's copyright management information ("CMI") from the plans in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), 17 U.S.C. § 1202(b)(1). The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Highway Inn. The district court then denied Frost-Tsuji's motions for reconsideration of the summary judgment orders. The court awarded Highway Inn attorneys' fees and costs incurred in litigating the DMCA claim and in litigating the copyright infringement claim after the district court's August 26, 2014 summary judgment order.
We review de novo the order granting summary judgment on Frost-Tsuji's copyright infringement claim, Wolfe v. BNSF Ry. Co., 749 F.3d 859, 863 (9th Cir. 2014), and we affirm for the reasons stated in the district court's order entered August 26, 2014.
We review de novo the order granting summary judgment on Frost-Tsuji's CMI removal claim under the DMCA, id., and we affirm for the reasons stated in the district court's order entered November 7, 2014.
We review for abuse of discretion the order denying Frost-Tsuji's motion for reconsideration of the November 7, 2014 summary judgment order, 389 Orange St. Partners v. Arnold, 179 F.3d 656, 661 (9th Cir. 1999), and we affirm for the reasons stated in the district court's order entered January 21,2015.
We review for abuse of discretion the order denying Frost-Tsuji's motion for reconsideration of the August 26, 2014 summary judgment order, id,, and we affirm for the reasons stated in the district court's order entered January 23, 2015.
We review for abuse of discretion the order awarding Highway Inn attorneys' fees and costs under the Copyright Act, Maljack Productions, Inc. v. GoodTimes Home Video Corp., 81 F.3d 881, 889 (9th Cir. 1996), and under the DMCA, see Polar Bear Productions, Inc. v. Timex Corp., 384 F.3d 700, 719 (9th Cir. 2004), and we affirm for the reasons stated in the district court's order entered March 30, 2015.
AFFIRMED.
Each party shall bear its own costs and fees on appeal.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3,