Attys' Fees Test Case Could Chill Valid Patent Claims

By Erin Coe (October 1, 2013, 10:40 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to weigh whether the Federal Circuit is applying too rigid a standard for awarding attorneys' fees in "exceptional" patent cases, and attorneys say that while a decision to relax the test could deter frivolous suits by so-called patent trolls, it also could dissuade some meritorious claims by individual inventors. ...

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