Electronic Communication v. ShoppersChoice.com, LLC, No. 19-2087 (Fed. Cir. July 1, 2020)

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Appellant ShoppersChoice.com, LLC (“Shop- persChoice”) appeals the denial of attorney fees by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (“District Court”) pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285, following a judgment invalidating independent claim 11 of Appellee Electronic Communication Technologies, L LC’s (“ECT”) U.S. Patent No. 9,373,261 (“the ’261 patent”) as patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. J.A. 1626–28 (Attorney Fee Order); see J.A. 1629 (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration of Denial of Attorney Fees); see also J.A.