VITAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. MONSTER ENERGY CO.

CASE NO. 19-60809-CIV-ALTMAN/Hunt.

553 F.Supp.3d 1180 (2021)

VITAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., d/b/a VPX Sports, a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant, v. MONSTER ENERGY COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, and Reign Beverage Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Defendants/Counterclaimants. Monster Energy Company, a Delaware corporation, and Reign Beverage Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Crossclaimants, v. JHO Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, Crossclaim-Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

Signed August 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Capri Trigo , Gordon & Rees LLP, MIami, FL, Matthew Thomas Davidson , Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Weston, FL, Susan B. Meyer , Pro Hac Vice, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, San Diego, CA, Andrew R. Schindler , Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, Miami, FL, Gregory N. Brescia , Pro Hac Vice, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, Harrison, NY, JoAnna Doherty , Pro Hac Vice, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, New York, NY, Michael D. Kanach , Pro Hac Vice, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, San Francisco, CA, Patrick J. Mulkern , Pro Hac Vice, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, Glastonbury, CT, Sara Anderson Frey , Pro Hac Vice, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Francis Massabki , Francis Massabki, P.A., Miami Beach, FL, for Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant.

Andrew R. Schindler , Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, Miami, FL, Capri Trigo , Gordon & Rees LLP, MIami, FL, Francis Massabki , Francis Massabki, P.A., Miami Beach, FL, Matthew Thomas Davidson , Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Weston, FL, Michael D. Scully , Pro Hac Vice, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, San Diego, CA, Peter George Siachos , Pro Hac Vice, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, Florham Park, NJ, for Crossclaim-Defendant.

Brian Joseph Stack , Robert Harris , Stack Fernandez & Harris, P.A., Miami, FL, Hans L. Mayer , Pro Hac Vice, Ioanna S. Bouris , Pro Hac Vice, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, Moez M. Kaba , Pro Hac Vice, Hueston Hennigan LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Brian C. Horne , Jacob R. Rosenbaum , Joseph R. Re , Lynda J. Zadra-Symes , Steven J. Nataupsky , Brian C. Horne , Pro Hac Vice, Jacob R. Rosenbaum , Pro Hac Vice, Joseph R. Re , Pro Hac Vice, Lynda J. Zadra-Symes , Pro Hac Vice, Sean M. Murray , Pro Hac Vice, Steven J. Nataupsky , Pro Hac Vice, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP, Irvine, CA, Carol Pitzel Cruz , Pro Hac Vice, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, Seattle, WA, Sammy Epelbaum , Stack Fernandez & Harris, Brickell, FL, for Defendant/Counterclaimant/Crossclaimant Monster Energy Company.

Brian Joseph Stack , Robert Harris , Stack Fernandez & Harris, P.A., Miami, FL, Hans L. Mayer , Pro Hac Vice, Ioanna S. Bouris , Pro Hac Vice, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Brian C. Horne , Jacob R. Rosenbaum , Joseph R. Re , Lynda J. Zadra-Symes , Steven J. Nataupsky , Brian C. Horne , Pro Hac Vice, Jacob R. Rosenbaum , Pro Hac Vice, Joseph R. Re , Pro Hac Vice, Lynda J. Zadra-Symes , Pro Hac Vice, Sean M. Murray , Pro Hac Vice, Steven J. Nataupsky , Pro Hac Vice, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP, Irvine, CA, Carol Pitzel Cruz , Pro Hac Vice, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, Seattle, WA, Sammy Epelbaum , Stack Fernandez & Harris, Brickell, FL, for Defendant/Counterclaimant/Crossclaimant Reign Beverage Company, LLC.


ORDER

Monster and VPX compete in the energy-drink market.1 Through this lawsuit, VPX took its war with Monster—previously waged in the marketplace—into the courts, seeking to drive its rival's competing energy drink out of business...

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