“As extensively set forth in SharkNinja’s complaint, Dyson’s entire line of cordless vacuums in the United States has been infringing Omachron’s vacuum patents, for which SharkNinja is the exclusive licensee, for years,” said New York-based Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Brian Rosenthal, who serves as lead counsel for SharkNinja. “The court’s decision validates that SharkNinja’s claims are properly stated, and should be litigated.”
A federal judge has rejected the “novel argument” Kirkland & Ellis made in an attempt to dismiss patent infringement claims that SharkNinja, a major industry competitor, brought against its client, Dyson.
Counsel with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher filed the lawsuit on behalf of the global appliance company in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. While SharkNinja sought a declaratory judgment that its FlexStyle haircare product does not infringe on Dyson’s competing AirWrap product, the plaintiff filed a second amended complaint accusing Dyson of issuing up to nine product lines that all infringed on eight vacuum patents belonging to SharkNinja’s exclusive partner, Omachron Alpha.
