Lead trial attorney Sean M. Kneafsey successfully obtained a judgment of patent non-infringement following a court trial in the case of Kuen HWA Traffic Indus. Co., v. DNA Motor, Inc, in the United States District Court, Central District of California, Western Division in Los Angeles. The Kneafsey firm represented the defendant, DNA Motor, Inc., who was accused by the Plaintiff of selling an vehicle headlight that willfully infringed the Plaintiff’s patented design. The Kneafsey Firm was brought in as trial counsel immediately prior to commencement of the trial. Not only did The Kneafsey Firm successfully defend the claim if willful patent infringement, The Kneafsey Firm obtained a judgment finding that there was no infringement at all.

The Plaintiff, a large Chinese manufacturer of automotive products, held United States Patent D791,987 on a vehicle headlight design. Kuen accused Kneafsey’s client of infringing the design by selling certain lines of vehicle headlights. Kuen flew its lead executive from China to testify at the trial in the United States District Court, Central District of California. Kneafsey presented evidence and argument demonstrating that its client’s headlight was did not infringe the accused design and that the client had undertaken a careful review of the patent when it was accused of infringement.

Kuen demanded a permanent injunction prohibiting Kneafsey’s client from selling its headlights and requesting substantial money damages.

Following a trial, the court ruled in Kneafsey’s favor finding that the client had not engaged in willful patent infringement and that the design did not infringe Kuen’s patent.

For more information, please contact Sean Kneafsey at (213) 892-1200 or skneafsey@kneafseyfirm.com.