Intellectual Property
May 2, 2014
Decision may turn patent trolls to stone
The U.S. high court declared this week that "exceptional" must mean something more than "never." It is welcome news for companies plagued by unreasonable patent suits. By Robin Feldman
The U.S. Supreme Court declared this week that "exceptional" must mean something more than "never." It is welcome news for companies plagued by unreasonable patent suits.
The decision in Octane v. Icon, 2014 DJDAR 5346 (April 29, 2014), concerned the fee-shifting provision of the Patent Act, Section 285. According to the section, a judge in a patent lawsuit may award reasonable attorneys fees to the prevailin...
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