United States Federal Circuit

In a patent case, an order denying plaintiff's attorney's fees application and entering findings adverse to defendant is vacated and remanded with instructions to dismiss plaintiff's complaint where the case became moot once the defendant offered to pay the full amount of attorney's fees.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/29/2008
• Published 04/29/2008

Judges

• RADER, Circuit Judge., Before RADER, SCHALL, Circuit Judges, and FARNAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David J. Healey, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, of Houston, TX, argued for plaintiff-appellee.   With him on the brief were Carmen E. Bremer, of Dallas, TX;  Amber H. Rovner and Melanie P. Sarwal, of Austin, TX;  and Edward R. Reines and Sonal N. Mehta, of Redwood Shores, CA. Of counsel on the brief was Richard L. Rainey, Covington & Burling LLP, of Washington, DC. Of counsel were Gregory S. Coleman, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, of Austin, TX, and Brian C. Riopelle, McGuireWoods LLP, of Richmond, VA., Richard G. Taranto, Farr & Taranto, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellant.   On the brief was Michael J. Schaengold, Patton Boggs LLP, of Washington, DC. Of counsel were Daniel L. Geyser, Gregory P. Stone, and Paul J. Watford, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, of Los Angeles, CA, and Paul R.Q. Wolfson, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, of Washington, DC.