Lee v. Mike's Novelties, Inc., No. 14-1453 (Fed. Cir. June 23, 2015)

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Jake Lee appeals a decision of the Central District of California denying Lee’s request for attorney’s fees pu r- suant to 35 U.S.C. § 285. In a previous appeal in this case, we reviewed a determination by the district court that the case was exceptional and that attorney’s fees should be awarded. We held that as a matter of law the infring e- ment had not been willful. Lee v. Mike’s Novelties, Inc. , 543 F. App’x 1010, 1017 (Fed. Cir. 2013) .