Mealey's (July 6, 2018, 2:12 PM EDT) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut federal judge ruled July 5 that a patent infringement case qualifies as “exceptional,” citing two defaulting defendants’ “deliberate obfuscation” of their identities in an effort to avoid detection (KX Technologies LLC v. Zuma Water Filters Inc., et al., No. 16-1433, D. Conn., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111536)....