United States Federal Circuit

In a patent infringement action, the district court's award of attorney's fees pursuant to 35 U.S.C. section 285 and 28 U.S.C. section 1927 is affirmed. However, the court is vacated where it erred in awarding fees incurred in connection with certain appeals.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/26/2003
• Published 11/26/2003

Judges

• Before NEWMAN, MICHEL, and RADER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John P. Sutton, Attorney at Law, of San Francisco, CA, argued for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nicholas L. Coch, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, of New York, NY, for defendant-appellee.   With him on the brief was Vito J. DeBari.