Stone Basket Innovations, LLC v. Cook Medical LLC, No. 17-2330 (Fed. Cir. June 11, 2018)

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Appellee Stone Basket Innovations, LLC (“Stone”) sued Appel lant Cook Medical LLC (“Cook ”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (“Dis- trict Court”), alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,551,327 (“the ’ 327 patent”). Following a dismissal with prejudice, see Stone Basket Innovations, LLC v. Cook Med. LLC (Stone Basket I ), No. 1 :16-cv-00858-LJM-TAB (S.D. Ind. Jan. 11, 2017) (J.A. 1157), Cook filed, inter alia, a motion for attorney fees pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285 (2012) (“the § 285 Motion”) .