Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 10, 2020
Increasing the likelihood of attorney fee recovery in patent cases
For patent infringement defendants, successful assertion of the following defenses measurably increases their chances for recovery of attorney fees. Likewise, patent infringement plaintiffs can significantly enhance their fee recovery position by defeating such defenses on their merits.
Dariush Adli
President
ADLI Law Group
444 S Flower St
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Email: adli@adlilaw.com
Univ of Michigan Law Sch; Ann Arbor MI
Recently the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has nationwide jurisdiction over patent appeals, vacated a district court ruling which had denied recovery of attorney fees to the prevailing party in a patent infringement lawsuit. See Electronic Communication Technologies, LLC v. ShoppersChoice.com, LLC, 2019-2087 (Fed. Cir. July 1, 2020). The ruling continues a liberalizing trend in attorney fees awards to prevailing parti...
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