Personality Gym AB. v. Shandong Aochuang Fitness Equipment Co., Ltd.

District Court, D. Nevada·Decided January 30, 2026·No. 2:25-cv-00458·Unknown

Opinion

Case No.: 2:25-cv-00458-GMN-MDC Plaintiff, vs. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Defendant. Pending before the Court is the Motion for Default Judgment, (ECF No. 20), filed by Plaintiff Personality Gym AB. Defendant Shandong Aochuang Fitness Equipment Co., Ltd. (“AOC”) did not file a Response. Also pending before the Court is Personality Gym AB’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, (ECF No. 11), to which Defendant also did not respond.1 For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment and DENIES Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction as moot. Plaintiff Personality Gym is a Swedish Company that sells the NÜOBELL adjustable dumbbell and owns three patents (‘661 Patent, ‘379 Patent, ‘606 Patent, collectively the “Asserted Patents”) in connection with its adjustable dumbbell. (Compl. ¶¶ 1, 11–17). Plaintiff alleges that Defendant AOC is infringing upon those patents by promoting and selling adjustable dumbbells identical to Plaintiff’s without authorization. (Id. ¶¶ 25–47). On March 13, 2025, Plaintiff commenced this action by filing its Complaint against Defendant which seeks relief in the form of permanently enjoining Defendant from continuing to infringe on the

1 Because the Court grants Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment and enters judgment in favor of Plaintiff, it DENIES the Motion for Preliminary Injunction as moot. three patents. (Id. ¶¶ 72–76). Defendant failed to answer or otherwise appear in this case. Plaintiff moved for entry of default, and the Clerk entered default on June 18, 2025, pursuant to Rule 55(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Entry Default, ECF No. 18). Plaintiff now moves for default judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(b). Obtaining default judgment is a two-step process governed by Rule 55 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”). See Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 1471 (9th Cir. 1986). First, the moving party must seek an entry of default from the clerk of court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(a). Entry of default is only appropriate when a party “has failed to plead or otherwise defend.” Id. After the clerk enters the default, a party must then separately seek entry of default judgment from the court in accordance with Rule 55(b). Upon entry of a clerk’s default, the court takes the factual allegations in the complaint as true, except those relating to the amount of damages. See TeleVideo Sys., Inc. v. Heidenthal, 826 F.2d 915, 917–18 (9th Cir. 1987) (per curiam). In determining whether to grant default judgment, courts are guided by the following

seven factors: (1) the possibility of prejudice to the plaintiff; (2) the merits of the plaintiff’s substantive claims; (3) the sufficiency of the complaint; (4) the sum of money at stake in the action; (5) the possibility of a dispute concerning material facts; (6) whether the default was due to excusable neglect; and (7) the strong public policy favoring decisions on the merits. Eitel, 782 F.2d at 1471–72. As an initial matter, Plaintiff has met the first step of the two-step process for obtaining default judgment. Pursuant to FRCP 55(a), the Clerk of the Court correctly entered default against Defendant because it has not appeared in this case. (See Entry Default). Thus, if it has jurisdiction, the Court may enter a default judgment in its discretion based on a balance of the Eitel factors. A. Jurisdiction “When entry of judgment is sought against a party who has failed to plead or otherwise defend, a district court has an affirmative duty to look into its jurisdiction over both the subject matter and the parties.” In re Tuli, 172 F.3d 707, 712 (9th Cir. 1999). To ensure that any entered default judgment will not later be attacked as void, the Court must “determine whether it has the power . . . to enter the judgment in the first place.” Id. Here, both subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction are satisfied. The Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this case under federal question jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1331, and the Court’s exclusive original jurisdiction for all suits related to patents, 28 U.S.C. § 1338. In patent infringement suits, the law of the Federal Circuit applies to determine whether a district court has personal jurisdiction over an accused infringer. Nuance Commc’ns, Inc. v. Abbyy Software House, 626 F.3d 1222, 1230 (Fed. Cir. 2010). “Personal jurisdiction over an

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