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Intellectual Property

Jun. 5, 2014

Judges grant legal fees in patent cases

Attorney fees in patent infringement cases were previously thought to be extremely difficult to obtain, but California-based lawyers have found some recent success after a landmark opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Attorney fees in patent infringement cases were previously thought to be extremely difficult to obtain, but California-based lawyers have found some recent success after a landmark opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court.


The new question for these victorious lawyers is whether they can collect after judges grant fee motions.


Last week, a federal judge in New York granted an attorney fee motion to ...

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