Attorney Fee Award, Dismissal In ‘Baseless’ E-Cigarette Patent Dispute Appealed

Mealey's (April 6, 2022, 3:19 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A consumer products company on March 22 filed notice in a Georgia federal court that it will appeal to the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for review of the lower court’s Feb. 22 ruling awarding a tobacco company more than $575,000 in attorney fees after the court dismissed the company’s e-cigarette patent infringement claim as “baseless.”...