Enpat, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 285
Relies on Lam, Inc. v. Johns-Manville Corp. · Beckman Instruments, Inc. v. LKB Produkter AB · Haynes International, Inc. v. Jessop Steel Co. · Eltech Systems Corporation v. Ppg Industries Inc · Judin v. United States
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“A ease is “exceptional” where the plaintiff has engaged in “vexatious or unjustified litigation” or “frivolous suit.” Beckman Instruments, Inc. v. LKB Produkter AB, 892 F.2d 1547, 1551 (Fed.Cir.1989). A suit is frivolous where the patentee knew, or should have known by reasonable investigation, that the suit was groundless. Haynes Int’l, Inc. v. Jessop Steel Co., 8 F.3d 1573, 1579 (Fed.Cir.1993). Similarly, a court may infer bad faith where a “patentee is manifestly unreasonable in assessing infringement, while continuing to assert infringement in court.” Eltech Sys. Corp. v. PPG Indus., 903 F.2d 805, 811 (Fed.Cir.1990).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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