Woodway USA, Inc. v. LifeCORE Fitness, Inc.

On April 11, 2022, Woodway USA, Inc. (“Woodway” or “Plaintiff”), represented by Ashley M. Koley of Foley & Lardner LLP, filed an intellectual property lawsuit against LifeCORE Fitness, Inc. (“LifeCORE”) d/b/a Assault Fitness (collectively, “Defendant”), seeking injunctive relief, disbursement and damages, along with pre- and post-judgement interest and other reliefs for the defendant’s alleged infringement of the plaintiff’s United States Patents. This case was filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California with Judge Jinsook Ohta and Judge Barbara Lynn Major presiding.

The plaintiff filed this complaint for the alleged infringement of United States Patent Nos. 9,039,580 (“the ’580 patent”); 10,561,884 (“the ’884 patent”); and 10,799,745 (“the ’745 patent”) owned by the plaintiff.

In their complaint, the plaintiff alleged, “Without permission or authorization from Woodway and in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), Defendant has imported, manufactured, used, offered for sale, and sold and continues to import, manufacture, use, offer for sale, and sell – in this District and elsewhere in the United States – the Accused Infringing Treadmills that infringe at least claim 1 of the ’580 patent. Defendant is inducing the direct infringement of at least claim 1 of the ’580 patent by aiding, abetting, and encouraging its customers’ use of the Accused Infringing Treadmills with knowledge of the infringement of the ’580 patent and with the intent to cause such infringement.”

The plaintiff further alleged, “Without permission or authorization from Woodway and in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), Defendant has imported, manufactured, used, offered for sale, and sold and continues to import, manufacture, use, offer for sale, and sell – in this District and elsewhere in the United States – the Accused Infringing Treadmills that infringe at least claim 50 of the ’884 patent. Defendant is inducing the direct infringement of at least claim 50 of the ’884 patent by aiding, abetting, and encouraging its customers’ use of the Accused Infringing Treadmills with knowledge of the infringement of the ’884 patent and with the intent to cause such infringement. Defendant’s infringement of the ’884 patent has been and continues to be willful.”

The plaintiff then alleged, “Without permission or authorization from Woodway and in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), Defendant has imported, manufactured, used, offered for sale, and sold and continues to import, manufacture, use, offer for sale, and sell – in this District and elsewhere in the United States – the Accused Infringing Treadmills that infringe at least claim 1 of the ’745 patent. Defendant is inducing the direct infringement of at least claim 1 of the ’745 patent by aiding, abetting, and encouraging its customers’ use of the Accused Infringing Treadmills with knowledge of the infringement of the ’745 patent and with the intent to cause such infringement.”

The three claims for relief laid down by the plaintiff deal with the alleged infringement of the ’580 patent, the ’884 patent and the ’745 patent owned by the plaintiff.

In their prayer for relief, the plaintiff requested the Court for a judgment that Defendant has infringed one or more claims of the ’580, ’884, and ’745 patents; to preliminarily and permanently enjoin the defendant from infringing, inducing others to infringe, or contributing to the infringement of the ’580, ’884, and ’745 patents; order Defendant to pay damages adequate to compensate the plaintiff for Defendant’s infringement of the ’580, ’884, and ’745 patents, including lost profits, but in no event less than a reasonable royalty, along with pre- and post-judgment interest; and for such other relief to the plaintiff as the Court deems just and proper.

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