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2:11-cv-07126
California Central
Patent
Michael W. Fitzgerald
SmartMetric Inc. said Thursday that it would appeal to the Federal Circuit a California judge's determination that he had jurisdiction to rule on MasterCard International Inc. and Visa Inc.'s request for $2.7 million in attorneys' fees after they beat SmartMetric $13 billion suit over a network technology patent, a request that was ultimately denied.
A California federal judge on Wednesday refused to grant $2.7 million in attorneys' fees to Visa Inc. and MasterCard International Inc. after they beat SmartMetric Inc.'s $13 billion suit over a network technology patent, finding the dispute wasn't exceptional despite the U.S. Supreme Court's Octane Fitness ruling.
Visa Inc. and Mastercard International Inc. won a tentative ruling in a $13 billion patent dispute Wednesday when a California federal judge found the two hadn’t infringed on SmartMetric Inc.’s network technology.
SmartMetric Inc. said Tuesday it had hit Visa Inc. and MasterCard International Inc. with a lawsuit in California federal court accusing the credit card giants of infringing its patent for smart card technology.