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Dragon Intellectual Property v. Dish Network LLC, No. 19-1283 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 21, 2020)

Vacated & Remanded
Attorneys' Fees Willfulness
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 19-1283
Also Docketed
No. 19-1284 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
April 21, 2020
Judge
Moore, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
8 pages

From the Opinion

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DISH Network LLC and Sirius XM Radio Inc. (SXM) (collectively, Appellants) appeal the United States District Court for the District of Delaware’s order denying Appel- lants’ motion s for attorneys’ fees under 35 U.S.C . § 285. Because the district court erred in holding that Appellants are not prevailing part ies under § 285, we vacate and re- mand. B ACKGROUND Dragon I ntellectual Property, LLC separately sued DISH, SXM and eight other defendants1 in December 2013, alleging infringement of claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,930,444.

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