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By: Irfan Lateef In the recent cases OCTANE FITNESS, LLC v. ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC. and HIGHMARK INC. v. ALLCARE HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INC., the U.S. Supreme Court empowered…
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弁護士費用を認める基準が高すぎる OCTANE FITNESS, LLC v. ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC., Appeal No. 12-1184において最高裁は、米国特許法285条に基づいて弁護士費用を否定した地裁の判決を維持したFederal Circuitの判断を破棄し、差し戻した。 Icon社は特許侵害を理由としてOctane社を訴えた。地裁がOctane社に非侵害の略式判決を認めた後、Octane社は285条にに基づく弁護士費用の認定を求めて申立を行った。Federal CircuitはBrooks Furniture Manufacturing, Inc. v. Dutailier International, Inc., 393 F.3d 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2005)のフレームワークを適用し、Octane社の申立てを認めなかった。 Brooks事件によると、事件は次の2つの状況下でのみ285条により「例外的」であるとみなされる、つまり(1)…
Standard For Obtaining Attorney’s Fees Too High In OCTANE FITNESS, LLC v. ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC., Appeal No. 12-1184, the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the Federal Circuit’s affirmance…
