United States Federal Circuit

Award of costs for defendant who prevailed in an underlying patent infringement suit is vacated in part where certain portions of the award were unsupported by evidence or were beyond the scope of statutorily allowed costs.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/26/2006
• Published 01/26/2006

Judges

• BRYSON, Circuit Judge., Before RADER, BRYSON, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Russell E. Levine, P.C., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, of Chicago, Illinois, argued for plaintiff-appellant.   With him on the brief was Christopher R. Liro.


• For Appellees:
  
• Neil B. Siegel, Sughrue Mion, PLLC, of Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees.   With him on the brief were Paul J. Wilson and Robert M. Masters.   Of counsel on the brief was David S. Godkin, Birnbaum & Godkin LLP, of Boston, Massachusetts.