Opinion
3:06-CV-477-BR
04-14-2012
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, a Japan corporation; EPSON AMERICA, INC., a California corporation; and EPSON PORTLAND INC., an Oregon corporation, Plaintiffs, v. GLORY SOUTH SOFTWARE MANUFACTURING INC., a California corporation; BUTTERFLY PRINT IMAGE CORP. LTD; a Hong Kong company; INK LAB (H.K.) CO. LTD, a Hong Kong company; NECTRON INTERNATIONAL, LTD., a Texas company; MIPO INTERNATIONAL LTD., a Hong Kong company; MIPO AMERICA LTD., a Florida company; NINE STAR IMAGE CO. LTD, a China company, now known as NINESTAR TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD., a China company; NINE STAR TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LTD., a California company; TOWN SKY INC., a California corporation; ZHUHAIGREE MAGNETO-ELECTRIC CO. LTD., a China company; MMC CONSUMABLES INC., a California company; TULLY IMAGING SUPPLIES LTD., a Hong Kong company; INKJETWAREHOUSE.COM INC., a Connecticut corporation; WELLINK TRADING CO., LTD., a China company; RIBBON TREE (MACAO) TRADING CO., LTD., a China company; RIBBON TREE (USA) INC., dba CANA-PACIFIC RIBBONS INC., a Washington company; APEX DISTRIBUTING INC., a Washington company; ARTECH GMBH, a German company; INK TEC CO. LTD., a Korea company; INK TEC AMERICA CORPORATION, a Maryland company; DATAPRODUCTS USA LLC, a California limited liability corporation; GERALD CHAMALES CORP., dba RHINOTEK COMPUTER PRODUCTS, a California coiporation; MASTER INK CO., LTD., a Hong Kong company; ACUJET U.S.A., INC., a California company; and RHINOTEK COMPUTER PRODUCTS, INC., a Delaware coiporation. Defendants.
David W. Axelrod, OSB #75023 Devon Zastrow Newman, OSB #014627 SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT, P.C. Harold Barza, Cal. Bar #80888, appearing pro hac vice Tigran Guledjian, Cal. Bar #207613, appearing pro hac vice QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiffs Seiko Epson Corp oration, Epson America, Inc., and Epson Portland Inc.
David W. Axelrod, OSB #75023
Devon Zastrow Newman, OSB #014627
SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT, P.C.
Harold A. Barza, Cal. Bar #80888, appearing pro hac vice
Tigran Guledjian, Cal. Bar #207613, appearing pro hac vice
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Seiko Epson Corp oration,
Epson America, Inc., and Epson Portland Inc.
FINDING OF PERSONAL
JURISDICTION AND ENTRY OF
ORDER OF DEFAULT AS TO
BUTTERFLY PRINT IMAGE CORP.
LTD AND GLORY SOUTH
SOFTWARE MANUFACTURING
INC.
FINDING OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND ENTRY OF DEFAULT
It is hereby ordered, adjudged, and decreed as follows:
For the reasons provided in plaintiffs Seiko Epson Corporation, Epson America, Inc. and Epson Portland Inc's Motion for, inter alia, a finding of personal jurisdiction and entry of order of default as to Butterfly Print Image Corp. Ltd. ("Butterfly") and Glory South Software Manufacturing Inc. ("Glory South") (April 5,2012, Docket No. 447), this Court concludes that (1) Butterfly and Glory South have had sufficient contacts with the State of Oregon to support a finding that this Court has specific jurisdiction over Butterfly and Glory South in this matter;and (2) the entry of an Order of Default as to Butterfly and Glory South is appropriate. Accordingly, the Court grants Seiko Epson Corporation, Epson America, Inc. and Epson Portland Inc's Motion for, inter alia, a finding of personal jurisdiction and entry of Order of Default as to Butterfly and Glory South.
Plaintiffs presented evidence that infringing cartridges manufactured by Butterfly were sold and shipped by Glory South to Florence, Oregon, in November, 2005. See Pl. Mem.; Seitz Decl. at ¶¶ 11-12,15, Exs. 11-12; Murch Decl. at ¶¶ 17-19,25-105.
The Clerk is directed to enter this Finding of Personal Jurisdiction and Entry of Order of Default nunc pro tunc April 5, 2012.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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The Honorable Judge Anna J. Brown
United States District Court Judge