Inspired Development Group v. Inspired Products Group, LLC

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Decided: September 18, 2019
• Docket: 18-2118
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

INSPIRED DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC, A FLORIDA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant

MITCHELL PRINE, INDIVIDUALLY, Counterclaim Defendant

v.

INSPIRED PRODUCTS GROUP, LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, DBA KIDSEMBRACE, LLC, Defendant/Counterclaimant-Appellee ______________________

2018-2118 ______________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in No. 9:16-cv-80076-RLR, Judge Robin L. Rosenberg. ______________________

Decided: September 18, 2019 ______________________

JOSEPH T. EAGLETON, Brannock & Humphries, Tampa, FL, argued for plaintiff/counterclaim defendant-appellant. Also represented by STEVEN L. BRANNOCK. 2 INSPIRED DEVELOPMENT GROUP v. INSPIRED PRODUCTS GROUP, LLC

THOMAS A. DYE, Cozen O'Connor, West Palm Beach, FL, argued for defendant/counterclaimant-appellee. Also represented by JAMES A. GALE, ARTHUR ROBERT WEAVER, Miami, FL. ______________________

Before PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and STOLL, Circuit Judges. PROST, Chief Judge. Based on our holding in Inspired Development Group, LLC v. Inspired Products Group, LLC, 2018-1616 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 18, 2019), that the district court lacked subject mat- ter jurisdiction over the case underlying that appeal and this appeal, we vacate the district court’s judgment award- ing attorneys’ fees. VACATED COSTS The parties shall bear their own costs.