Nova Chemicals Corporation v. Dow Chemical Company, No. 16-1576 (Fed. Cir. May 11, 2017)

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NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Canada) and N OVA Chemi- cals Inc. (Delaware) (collectively, “N OVA”) appeal the district court’s award of approximately $2.5 million in attorney fees to Dow Chemical Co. (“Dow”) under 35 U.S.C. § 285. NOVA filed the underlying action in equity, seeking relief from a prior judgment that it had infringed certain Dow patents. The only issue in this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in fi nding this case exceptional for purposes of § 285. Because it did not abuse its discretion, we affirm. I.