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Intellectual Property

Mar. 17, 2015

Pipe patent case may lead to clarity on attorney fees

A patent infringement case could shed light on how much litigation misconduct would be sufficient to justify a shift in legal fees to the winning party.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A patent infringement case that has bounced between the Central District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit could shed light on how much litigation misconduct would be sufficient to justify a shift in legal fees to the winning party.


In Lee v. Mike's Novelties Inc. et al., CV10-2225 (C.D. Cal., filed Mar. 26, 2010), U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt in Los...

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