exceptional-case
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1. Where petitioner's patent infringement claims were not finally rejected until the district court judge approved the Magistrate Judge's ruling dispo… |
| 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 | Denied | 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 | 1. WHETHER, A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN DENIED THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AT A CRITICAL STAGE OF THE TRIAL PROCEEDINGS AND RECEIVED THE INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANC… | |
| 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 Court judges should be required to consider the weakness of an infringement claim, after ruling in favor of the defendant on invalidi… | |
| 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 | 1. 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. §… | |
| 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, i.e., whether those outside factor… |
| 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 | The Patent Act expressly provides for compensatory damages. 35 U.S.C. § 284. When the issues of patent infringement and compensatory damages are tri… |