Buckhorn Inc. v. Orbis Corporation, No. 14-1711 (Fed. Cir. July 2, 2015)

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Orbis Corporation and Orbis Material Handling, Inc. (collectively, “Orbis”), the defendant and prevailing party in a patent infringement suit, seeks attorney’s fees against Buckhorn, Inc. (“Buckhorn”) , one of the pl aintiffs in the infringement action. Buckhorn’s co -plaintiff, Schoeller Arca Systems, Inc. (“SAS”), had previously been held liable to Orbis for fees pursuant to an agreement between it (SAS) and Orbis.