| 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? |
| 21-6797 |
In Re Lawrence Earl Wilson |
|
2022-01-10 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-deprivation criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equitable-tolling exceptional-case habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel |
Whether a person denied counsel at a critical stage and received ineffective assistance on first appeal has been unconstitutionally deprived of libert… |
| 20-1420 |
Roadie, Inc. v. Baggage Airline Guest Services, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-04-09 |
Denied |
|
attorney-fees claim-construction exceptional-case highmark-v-allcare infringement infringement-claim judicial-discretion octane-fitness-v-icon patent-law patent-statute-35-usc-285 |
Whether district courts should consider the weakness of an infringement claim after ruling in favor of the defendant on invalidity |
| 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… |
| 19-1132 |
Blackbird Tech LLC, dba Blackbird Technologies v. Health in Motion LLC, dba Inspire Fitness, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-03-16 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
attorney-fees case-by-case-analysis exceptional-case judicial-determination litigating-position litigation-discretion octane-fitness patent-act patent-law patent-litigation |
Can a court consider factors unrelated to the instant case in determining whether a particular case is exceptional? |
| 19-450 |
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., et al. v. Perrigo Company, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-10-04 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review budinich-v-becton-dickinson compensatory-damages enhanced-damages exceptional-case jury-verdict merits-ruling patent-infringement punitive-enhancement reeves-v-sanderson-plumbing |
Whether the punitive enhancement under 35 U.S.C. § 284 is collateral to, and therefore not a merits ruling necessary for final judgment |