(September 17, 2015, 10:50 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The same day it vacated findings that three patents were not infringed, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 16 in a contemporaneous ruling vacated as “premature” a New York federal judge’s award of attorney fees in the case (TNS Media Research LLC d/b/a Kantar Media Audiences, et al. v. TiVO Research and Analytics Inc., d/b/a TRA Inc., No. 15-1252, Fed. Cir.).

(Decision available. Document #16-150921-028Z.)

The appellate panel of Circuit Judges Pauline Newman, Raymond C. Clevenger and Kathleen M. O’Malley...