35-usc-285

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-574 Traxcell Technologies, LLC v. Sprint Communications Company LP, et al. Federal Circuit 2023-11-28 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-285 attorney-fees attorneys-fees claim-baselessness exceptional-case final-ruling litigation-conduct magistrate-ruling patent-infringement Where petitioner's patent infringement claims were not finally rejected until the district court judge approved the Magistrate Judge's ruling disposin…
21-1005 Heat On-The-Fly, LLC, et al. v. Energy Heating, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2022-01-14 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-285 attorney-fees civil-procedure district-court-discretion exceptional-case litigation-misconduct patent patent-litigation Must a district court consider litigation misconduct, or lack thereof, in determining whether a case is exceptional under 35 U.S.C. § 285?
20-1363 Merit Medical Systems, Inc. v. Nazir Khan, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-03-30 Denied 35-usc-285 attorney-fees civil-procedure district-court federal-circuit patent patent-infringement rule-11 rule-11-sanctions sanctions section-285 Whether the denial of additional attorney fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 should be vacated if the Rule 11 sanctions are disturbed on appeal
20-1291 WPEM, LLC v. SOTI Inc. Federal Circuit 2021-03-17 Denied 35-usc-282 35-usc-285 clear-and-convincing-evidence district-court-discretion exceptional-case patent-law patent-validity prior-art Does a patent's presumption of validity afforded by 35 U.S.C. §282 limit a district court's discretion to find a case exceptional under 35 U.S.C. §285…