Claims Court Clears Cobwebs For Fee Shifting In Patent Cases

By Lionel Lavenue, Benjamin Cassady and Regan Rundio (July 29, 2019, 10:07 AM EDT) -- The U.S. Court of Federal Claims may grant attorney fees to certain patent owners who successfully litigate infringement claims against the federal government. The claims court obtained this authority in 1996 but did not exercise it until March 2019, when it granted Hitkansut LLC $4.4 million in fees on top of a $200,000 damages judgment.[1]...

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