What Doesn’t Support Attorneys Fees Under Section 285
Judge Gilstrap rejected the defendant’s request for fees following a dispositive claim construction ruling.
Exceptional Case award – 35 USC 285
Order On Objections To Attorneys Fees Award
Judge Schroeder overruled the objections to Magistrate Judge Baxter’s fee award.
Improper Venue Win = Exceptional Case?
Judge Payne clarified this in a recent order.
Enhancement, Attorneys Fees and Injunctions
One out of three’s not … well, maybe it is. And check out the forum selection comment.
“Exceptional Case” Finding Denied
The Court concluded that it didn’t stand out, noting that the “mere fact that a court rules against a patent owner does not render a case ‘exceptional’” even where, as here, the patent was susceptible to a finding of ineligibility at the FRCP 12(c) stage.
Not Exceptional
The court denied the prevailing defendant’s motion for fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285.
No New Trial on Noninfringement Verdict / No Fees
Judge Gilstrap affirmed the jury’s noininfringement and patent-ineligible finding, but declined to award fees.
Exceptional Case Fee Award
This fee award is a good example of how not to prosecute a patent case.
No Attorneys Fees For Prevailing Plaintiff
This photo from our 25th anniversary trip to NYC last week is to remind you that just because you won at trial doesn’t mean it’s Christmas, as Judge Albright recently held.
Motion for Attorneys Fees Under Section 285
People are always interested in what judges are doing with motions for fees under section 285 at the end of a patent case. This is a good example.