Checkpoint Systems, Inc. v. All-Tag Security S.A., No. 16-1397 (Fed. Cir. June 5, 2017)

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This is the second attorney fee appeal arising from a patent infringement suit brought by Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (“Checkpoint”) against All–Tag Security S.A., All–Tag Security Americas, Inc., Sensormatic Electronics Corp., and Kobe Properties SARL (collectively, “All–Tag”). T he district court deemed the case “exceptional” and awarded attorney fees to All –Tag.1 We conclude that the court erred in its application of fee- shifting principles ; t he award is reversed. BACKGROUND U.S. Patent No.