Supreme Court rules on attorney's fees in patent cases
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled Tuesday
in two cases concerning attorney's fees in patent disputes. In Octane
Fitness v. ICON Health and Fitness [SCOTUSblog backgrounder; JURIST
report] the court ruled [opinion, PDF] that the framework used by the
district court to award attorney's fees was too rigid. Section 285
[text] of the Patent Act authorizes a district court to award attorney's
fees in patent litigation. In Brooks Furniture Manufacturing v.
Dutailier International [opinion] the US Court of...
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