Hawaii Airboards, LLC v. Northwest River Supplies, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S RENEWED MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION

SUSAN OKI MOLLWAY, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION.

Defendant Northwest River Supplies, Inc. (“NRS”), seeks to dismiss this action on the ground that this court lacks personal jurisdiction. Plaintiff Hawaii Airboards, LLC (“Hawaii Airboards”), claims that NRS is infringing on Hawaii Airboards’s patent for an inflatable water craft by selling an inflatable stand-up paddleboard called the “Big Earl.” NRS is an Idaho Corporation not licensed to do business in Hawaii and with neither officers nor employees in Hawaii.…