Decision Granting Fees In Part And Denying Fees In Part Affirmed By Panel

Mealey's (July 29, 2022, 1:19 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in California did not abuse his discretion in awarding Netflix Inc. and Netflix Streaming Services Inc. attorney fees incurred in connection with a patent owner’s decision to file suit there immediately after voluntarily dismissing a related action in Delaware, before the Delaware judge could rule on a magistrate judge’s recommendation that four of the six patents at issue are ineligible for patenting, a divided Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled July 27....