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Litigation

Feb. 6, 2013

Cooley wins attorney fees for client Qualcomm against legal foe

A federal judge ordered a San Francisco-based technology company to pay $12.4 million in attorney fees to Qualcomm Inc. on grounds that its claims were frivolous.

By Rachel Swan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A federal judge ordered a San Francisco-based technology company to pay $12.4 million in attorney fees to Qualcomm Inc. on grounds that its claims were frivolous. In an order issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Battaglia concluded that Gabriel Technologies Inc. initiated its five-year-long court battle with Qualcomm in bad faith, claiming that the defendant had filched its patented GPS technology. The ruling, a victory for ...

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