United States Federal Circuit
Gaymar Industries, Inc. v. Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products, Inc., 14-1174
In an attorney's fees segment of infringement action involving a patent directed to a patient temperature control system, the district court's denial of attorney's fees under 35 U.S.C. section 285, which relied on several instances of defendant's purported litigation misconduct as a basis for finding that the case was not exceptional, is: 1) affirmed as to the court's finding of a lack of objective baselessness; and 2) reversed as to the exceptional case finding insofar as it was based on defendant's purported misconduct.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/25/2015
- Published 06/25/2015
Judges
- Dyk
Court
- United States Federal Circuit