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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Finnavations LLC v. Payoneer, Inc. (D. Del. 2019)

Court Grants Exceptional Case/Attorney Fees When Software Patent Has Invalid Claims under § 101 - In the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, motions for an exceptional case and attorneys' fees were granted on...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

“Blatant and Unapologetic” Judge Shopping Warrants “Exceptional Case” Determination

In a dramatic conclusion to the nearly seven year old patent litigation between Datatern and Microstrategy (including a number of Microstrategy’s customers), Judge Saylor in the District of Massachusetts recently awarded...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Electronic Return Receipt Patent Dispute Dubbed “Exceptional Case” After Summary Judgment Award

In the long-standing patent dispute between Sophos and RPost, Judge Casper recently issued the oft-sought but rarely received award of attorneys’ fees, after finding that the case was “exceptional.” The suit began in 2013,...more

Knobbe Martens

Federal Circuit Review | October 2016

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Withdrawal of Claims During Prosecution Can Trigger Prosecution History Estoppel In UCB, Inc. v. Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd., Appeal No. 2015-1957, the Federal Circuit held that prosecution estoppel can apply even...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Intellectual Property Law - July 2016

Supreme Court: Status Quo in Cuozzo - Why it matters: On June 20, 2016, the Supreme Court decided Cuozzo Speed Technologies v. Lee, where it rejected challenges to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) inter partes...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Effect of Alice on Attorneys' Fees Motions

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Software patent litigation can often involve non-practicing entities (“NPEs”) and other plaintiffs that some have accused of asserting weak patents to extract royalties. It is no surprise, then, that defendants move for...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Judge Gilstrap awards Section 285 fees where Plaintiff’s Section 101 positions cross the “threshold of exceptionality.”

On December 17, 2015, Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX) ruled that, in light of Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014) (“Alice”), a plaintiff’s position on...more

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