Case Name: NATIONAL PRODUCTS INC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GAMBER-JOHNSON LLC, Defendant-Appellee; National Products Inc, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gamber-Johnson LLC, Defendant-Appellant; National Products Inc, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gamber-Johnson LLC, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-09-07
Citations: 449 F. App'x 638
Docket Number: Nos. 10-35826, 10-36118, 11-35055
Parties: NATIONAL PRODUCTS INC, Plaintiff— Appellant, v. GAMBER-JOHNSON LLC, Defendant—Appellee. National Products Inc, Plaintiff— Appellee, v. Gamber-Johnson LLC, Defendant—Appellant. National Products Inc, Plaintiff— Appellee, v. Gamber-Johnson LLC, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and SNOW, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 449
Pages: 638–639

Head Matter:
NATIONAL PRODUCTS INC, Plaintiff— Appellant, v. GAMBER-JOHNSON LLC, Defendant—Appellee. National Products Inc, Plaintiff— Appellee, v. Gamber-Johnson LLC, Defendant—Appellant. National Products Inc, Plaintiff— Appellee, v. Gamber-Johnson LLC, Defendant—Appellant.
Nos. 10-35826, 10-36118, 11-35055.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Aug. 5, 2011.
Filed Sept. 7, 2011.
Ewa M. Davison, Ph.D., Robert L. Jacobson, Esquire, David Keith Tellekson, Esquire, Fenwick & West LLP, Seattle, WA, Virginia Kay Demarehi, Todd Richard Gregorian, Fenwick & West, LLP, Mountain View, CA, Mark P. Walters, Esquire, Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Charles Ha, Mark Parris, Paul Rugani, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Seattle, WA, Jonathan D. Jay, Esquire, Mi-cholas S. Kuhlmann, Esquire, Terrance C. Newby, Esquire, Leffert Jay & Polglaze, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: SCHROEDER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and SNOW, District Judge.
The Honorable G. Murray Snow, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for Arizona, Phoenix, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
National Products, Inc. ("NPI") and Gamber-Johnson LLC ("Gamber") separately appeal the district court's rulings in a false advertising action arising under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) of the Lanham Act. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
NPI presented sufficient evidence to support its false advertising claim, including the jury findings of falsity and deliberateness. See Southland Sod Farms v. Stover Seed Co., 108 F.3d 1134, 1139, 1146 (9th Cir.1997). Therefore, the district court did not err in denying Gamber's motions for judgment as a matter of law with respect to liability. See El-Hakem v. BJY Inc., 415 F.3d 1068, 1072 (9th Cir. 2005).
The award of attorneys' fees was not an abuse of discretion. See Interstellar Starship Services, Ltd. v. Epix Inc., 184 F.3d 1107, 1112 (9th Cir.1999). Under the Lan-ham Act, the district court may award attorneys' fees to the prevailing party "in exceptional cases." 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a). A case is "exceptional" when the conduct is "willful, deliberate, knowing or malicious." Earthquake Sound Corp. v. Bumper Indus., 352 F.3d 1210, 1216-17 (9th Cir.2003). Because sufficient evidence supported the jury's finding of deliberateness, the district court did not abuse its discretion in awarding attorneys' fees to NPI.
The district court did not err in exercising its discretion to reduce the jury award of profits because the award was excessive. See 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.