One Year On, Octane Causing More Hard-Fought Patent Cases

By Ryan Davis (May 1, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT) -- It has been one year since the U.S. Supreme Court's Octane Fitness ruling made it easier for courts to require losing parties in patent cases to pay their opponents' fees, and attorneys say the new standard is spurring more companies to fight suits they think are baseless rather then settle to avoid legal costs....

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