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Fed. Cir.

Sukumar v. Nautilus, Inc., No. 14-1205 (Fed. Cir. May 4, 2015)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 14-1205
Decided
May 4, 2015
Judge
Prost, C.J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
15 pages

From the Opinion

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Ponani Sukumar and Southern California Stroke R e- habilitation Associates, Inc. (collectively, “Sukumar”) appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judg- ment for Nautilus, Inc. (“Nautilus”). The district cou rt held that Sukumar had not suffered “competitive injury” necessary to have standing to assert a false marking claim. See 35 U.S.C. § 292(b). The district court also granted summary judgment on Sukumar’s state law unfair competition claims. We affirm. I.