Intellectual Property
Jul. 18, 2014
Patent defendants still having trouble collecting fees, even when they win
Companies that ward off patent infringement claims are still struggling to recoup attorney fees from patent holders, despite two unanimous decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court that was supposed to encourage such fee shifting.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Companies that ward off patent infringement claims are still struggling to recoup attorney fees from patent holders, despite two unanimous decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court that was supposed to encourage such fee shifting.
In two April rulings, the justices lowered the burden for victorious patent litigants to demonstrate what constitutes an "exceptional" patent infringement case that warra...
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